Thurcroft Hall

THURCROFT BROOKHOUSE SK58NW 7/97 Thurcroft Hall 29.3.68 GV II* Country house. Dated 1699, raised and refronted mid-late C18. Stuccoed; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, 7 x 3 bays with single-bay addition to front right and wing to rear right. Plinth. Rusticated quoins. 2 steps to 6- panel door with plain overlight in bolection-moulded architrave with pulvinated frieze and segmental pediment; linked apron to architraved sash above has date 1699 and sill with motto 'JOIR EN BIEN'. Sashes with hollow- chamfered sills and bead-moulded surrounds (mostly concrete) to other ground- and 1st-floor windows. 1st-floor band. 2nd-floor sill band links sashes mostly in original stone surrounds. Cornice and blocking course to hipped roof with rendered stacks to side ridges. Added 2-storey bay to front right has sash to each floor. Rear: Roman Doric stair-window has sashes with glazing bars. Left return: central ground-floor window blind, outer windows have lowered sills; sash with glazing bars to lst-floor bay 3; 6-pane sashes to 2nd-floor. Interior: entrance hall has wooden sidewall fireplace with consoles and frieze with trophies; enriched plaster wall panels; acanthus ceiling feature. Staircase off hall to rear left has cantilevered treads and wrought-iron balustrade with wooden handrail; enriched inner columns to stair-window; plaster wall panels in stair well, modillioned cornice. Ground-floor room to rear-left has ornate plaster ceiling depicting scenes from Aesop's fables; room to front-right has a domed niche, elaborate frieze and Rococo plasterwork to centre and corners of ceiling.

Listing NGR: SK5095889213