Thorley House

Thorley House is a house built around 1901 by architect Eustace C Frere as his own residence. The building is constructed of brick with roughcast finish, including the chimneys, and features steep red tile roofs. The main rooms are situated on the south side of the house.

The rear elevation has three gables and a small porch with a lead roof, which is half-glazed and has a moulded cornice that curves around the corners. The entrance features a six-panel door flanked by small paned wooden windows, with a similar window carried around the porch at the same level. The west gable has corbels that support the eaves of the rear section, and there is an external gable chimney with its upper part corbelled out to the outer face.

The asymmetrical main front faces south and has two and a half storeys, with a gabled cross-wing on the right that includes a tall lateral chimney engaged in the lower part of its left slope. The lower gable is positioned towards the left side, all in the same plane. On the left, there is a three-sided single-storey parapeted bay with tall narrow openings and significant wall area between them. Above this bay, there is a projecting rectangular wooden bay window with a combination of four-over-four, six-over-six, and four-over-four panes. A small six-over-six paned recessed sash window is located in the gable above.

The eaves in the centre are supported by two corbels. There is a rectangular wooden bay with elongated panes on the ground floor, along with lower three-light sash windows that have similar panes above. The right-hand gable features a narrow tall glazed door with a six-over-six pane window above it and a six-over-six sash window in the gable. The front plane is supported on the right by a rendered wall and on the left by a similar wall. Some windows have louvred shutters.

The garden is said to be professionally designed, and there is a small walled service garden at the east end of the house. The east end has corbelled eaves on the front parts, a central gable with an engaged chimneystack, a six-over-six sash window on the first floor, and a three-light sash window on the ground floor under a segmental arch. The projecting northeast wing features a gabled left chamfered corner turret with a three-sided coved window that has a moulded cove and one small light on each side, along with a six-over-six sash window on the east end of the south front.