Thornhill House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1966. House.
Thornhill House
- WRENN ID
- distant-cloister-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1966
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thornhill House is a house built around 1710, with remodels occurring around 1800 and 1890. It features Flemish bond brickwork, an old tile roof, and brick stacks, showcasing a complex plan. The asymmetrical garden front from around 1710 is two storeys high and has a five-window range that includes a two-bay gable end on the left wing. There are steps leading up to a six-panelled door on the left, which has a 20th-century flat hood, a moulded architrave, a cambered brick arch, and two leaded overlights. The left wing has brick flat arches above four and two-light wood-mullioned and transomed leaded casements, while to the right, there are timber lintels over one-light leaded casements and cambered brick arches over four-light wood-mullioned and transomed leaded casements from around 1710. A large lateral stack is positioned to the right, with modillioned wood eaves and a central gabled dormer featuring two-light leaded casements from around 1710. The hipped roof adds to the structure's character.
The left wall is three storeys high and has a three-window range with rubbed brick flat arches over sashes flanking mid-18th century tripartite sashes. It also features a moulded cornice and a central gabled dormer with a moulded cornice and two-light late 19th-century casement windows. The right gable elevation was remodeled around 1800 in Flemish bond brick with flared headers, featuring flat rubbed-brick arches over early 19th-century sashes in a three-window range. The rear elevation has similar sashes.
Inside, the house retains original shutters and four-panelled doors. There is a late 18th-century dog-leg staircase with a landing leading to the front vestibule. To the left, a quarter turn and straight flight service staircase from around 1710 has a closed string and moulded balusters. The front right room includes a fireplace and cornice dating to around 1770. The centre rear room was converted into a Morning Room in the late 19th century, complete with a fireplace and cornice. On the first floor, the centre left bedroom features an iron fireplace and painted panelling from around 1890 over 17th-century panelling, possibly from around 1710. The early 18th-century roof has a six-bay collar truss design.
To the rear left, there is a single-storey service range from around 1890 that connects the house to a square block built around 1800. This service range is made of squared and coursed chalk with brick crossbanding, a tiled and hipped roof, leaded lights, planked doors, and a central ridge stack. The interior includes a granary over a tack and saddle room.
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