Thornwood House

Thornwood House is a house that was later part of a hospital, built in 1848 by James Fenton for John Copeland, one of the partners in the development company that constructed the new London Road in an Italianate style. The building is made of Ipswich stocks in Flemish bond, with stone dressings and stock brick stacks.

It stands three storeys tall and features three windows. The wide moulded eaves cornice adds to its architectural detail. The second floor has six-pane sash windows with marginal glazing, moulded architraves, and brackets. The first floor includes 12-pane sashes, with the central window being a wide tripartite design, and side windows that have eaved architraves, cornices, and stops. The central window features a moulded architrave and pedimental brackets. The ground floor has 12-pane tripartite sash windows with moulded architraves, stops, pediments, and brackets. The central doorcase is adorned with a moulded architrave, a rectangular fanlight, and double doors, flanked by composite pilasters, although the rest of the doorcase is missing. There are four stone steps leading up to the entrance.

On each side of the house, there is a one-storey extension. The right-hand extension has one window with marginal glazing, while the left-hand extension features a similar window within a moulded architrave, along with a four-panelled door that also has a moulded architrave. The rear elevation includes a central section of two storeys with stone pierced balustrading, flanked by three-storey bays that have deep stone brackets and pilasters, with sashes that have marginal glazing. The ground floor features French windows with moulded architraves, cornices, and brackets.