Ruins Of Thorpe Salvin Hall

THORPE SALVIN LADYFIELD ROAD SK58SW (north side, off) 5/77 Ruins of Thorpe Salvin 29.7.66 Hall (formerly listed as part of Ruins of Thorpe Salvin Hall and gatehouse)

GV II*

Ruined mansion. Mid-late C16. For Hercy Sandford (d1582). Rubble limestone, no roof. 3-storey, 9-bay symmetrical south wall of courtyard-plan mansion having round corner turrets, projections for external stacks and central porch; bases of rear corner turrets survive, that on right linked by section of plinth wall. In Tudor domestic style with transomed, ovolo-moulded mullioned windows mostly of 3 lights. Large quoins, chamfered plinth. Central porch projection has doorway with double-chamfered surround and Tudor-arched lintel with hoodmould; blocked 3-light mullioned window over has hoodmould. Transomed 1st-floor window with hoodmould now has wooden pigeon holes; transomed 2nd-floor window beneath dripcourse. 3 bays to each side have blind central stack projections surmounted by sections of mulled friezes and with diagonally-set stack plinths; bay 2 collapsed above ground floor. Turret at left end ruined, that on right intact and with windows set on the curve, 2nd-floor window without mullions, string course beneath rebuilt parapet. Right return: plinth remains and has projection for stop-chamfered doorway; base of turret on right. Left return: base of rear turret with chamfered square-headed doorway attached. Interior: rear of facade has large ground-floor fireplaces of which the relieving arches remain; triangular- headed fireplaces to upper floors. Heraldic panels on the gatehouse (q.v.) point to the date of construction being 1565-82. The building was sold to Sir Edward Osborne in 1636. His successor Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby lived there until after his marriage; he became Charles II's chief minister and was created Duke of Leeds in 1694 after which time the family moved to Kiveton Park. A scheduled Ancient Monument. M. Girouard, Robert Smythson and The Elizabethan Country House, 1983, p119- 20. J. Hunter, South Yorkshire: The History and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster, 1828-31, p310. N. Pevsner, BOE, 1967, p515.

Listing NGR: SK5213481285