Thickthorn Hall

Thickthorn Hall is a house dating from 1812, constructed with a rendered and colourwashed exterior and a slate roof. The main range comprises three bays, two storeys and an attic, with a two-bay depth. There’s a projecting, five-bay ground floor that extends to the left return. A single-storeyed addition is attached to the right, while service wings and ranges are located at the rear.

The principal facade, facing south, has five bays on the ground floor, topped with a parapet. The central doorway features a recessed portico supported by two Tuscan columns in antis, leading to a double-leaved door with a rectangular glazed panel above. Four recessed sash windows with 4x4 panes are present, each flanked by pilasters with egg and dart detailing to the echini and window mouldings; canopies shade each window. The first floor showcases three bays with a parapet and a hipped roof, featuring four wide Tuscan pilasters and four recessed sash windows with glazing bars. Hoods with consoles overhang these upper windows.

The left return presents two bays, with a projecting two-bay section to the left. A six-bay service range is set further back, all of two storeys with hipped slate roofs and modillion eaves. The return of the principal range mirrors the south façade’s detailing, including a parapet and pilasters. A French window is present in the first bay, and the second bay projects slightly with a casement window. The first floor features four Tuscan pilasters, two cross casement windows with glazing bars, and a central blank opening. There are two roof dormers.

An attached range to the left echoes the mouldings of the ground floor parapet as a platband and has a hipped slate roof with modillions to the eaves. The ground floor features four plain pilasters, two large casement windows with glazing bars, and a central set of French windows with glazing bars. The first floor contains casement windows. The service range to the left is set back and includes a chimney bay with a lateral stack between bays four and five. The rear elevations feature a door with a part-glazed panel with glazing bars in the third bay; ground floor sashes with glazing bars, and a casement in bay six. The first floor has casement windows with glazing bars, with a sash with glazing bars in bay three. Hoods are above all openings except for the first-floor bay three.

The eastern return, which serves as an entrance facade, is similar to the left return with an attic and first floor. A sash window with 4x4 panes is located in the first bay. A recessed entrance is on the right, featuring a portico of two Tuscan columns in antis, a double-leaved door with a glazed panel above, and flanking narrow sashes. Irregular ranges extend to the right. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are present within.