Thwaite House

Thwaite House is a manager's house for Thwaite Mill, dating from the early to mid 19th century. It is constructed of red brick in English Garden Wall bond with stone dressings and has a slate roof. The building has a double-depth plan and consists of two storeys with three bays, including cellars, and features a symmetrical design. Notable architectural elements include corner pilasters, a first-floor sill-band, two cellar windows, and five steps leading to a central doorway. The doorway is adorned with a sandstone architrave, pilaster jambs, a semicircular fanlight, and outer pilasters with consoles supporting a cornice, all set within a shallow round-headed recess. The ground floor has two 12-pane sashed windows, three above on the first floor, and a small rectangular panel above the ground floor windows. The roof is hipped at the left end, featuring one chimney on the ridge, another on the forward slope of the left half, and a third at the right-hand gable. The rear of the building includes a back door and a round-headed stairlight above, set within a giant recessed round-headed arch. The interior was not inspected as renovation work was in progress at the time of the survey in 1986.