Thorpe Hall

Thorpe Hall is a small country house with its core dating back to 1651, which was remodeled in the early 19th century. The north wing was added in 1800 and the south wing in 1812, both designed by Thomas Gardner of Derby. A billiard room extension was constructed in 1870. The building is rendered and sits on a sandstone plinth, featuring hipped slate roofs and rendered stacks at the rear of the ridge lines.

The main house is aligned northwest to southeast, with wings projecting to the northeast and a billiard room extension to the southeast. The northeast front has a recessed central block flanked by projecting wings. The central block consists of three storeys above a basement, with a reduced second floor, an eaves cornice, and a plain parapet. It has five bays, each defined by pilaster strips, and features glazing bar sashes with sill bands. The central entrance has a half-glazed two-leaf door with an eared and pedimented architrave, along with a fanlight that has radiating glazing bars. Flanking flights of stone steps lead up to the door, supported by a stone arch with rusticated voussoirs, and are adorned with a wrought iron balustrade and square piers.

The wings are two storeys high with a floor band and consist of three bays, also featuring glazing bar sashes. To the left, there is a single-storey, two-bay extension with four-pane sashes. The southwest, or garden front, has a three-storey central block with an eaves cornice and a balustraded parapet, connected by set-back links to two-storey flanking wings with bowed fronts, a storey band, and an eaves cornice. This facade has a 3:1:5:1:3 bay arrangement with glazing bar sashes and sill bands. A central single-storey Tuscan porch features a half-glazed two-leaf door, a fanlight with a raised keystone, and a moulded cornice. To the right, there is a set-back 19th-century extension that is one storey high, with three bays and glazed semi-circular arches, and a door to the left flanked by pilasters.

Inside, there is an open-well staircase with a decorative wrought iron balustrade.