Thorne House

NORTH MOLTON EAST STREET (south side), SS 7229-7329 18/145 Thorne House - GV II House, latterly inn. Probably early C19, possibly a remodelling of an earlier house. Some early to mid C20 altertions. Minor late C19 alterations. Rendered over stone rubble. Gable-ended asbestos - slate roof. Stone stack. Plan: Three-room plan. Ground falls to left. Large central room with external lateral stack to rear and smaller room to left with external end stack. Former small room to right converted to garage, probably in the early to mid C20. Front entrance to left-hand end of central porch, with later gabled proch. Through carriageway at right-hand end, leading to courtyard at rear. Lean-to addition at rear of left-hand end. Two storeys. Exterior: Asymmetrically-fenestrated front, with 3 windows to first floor and 2 to ground floor; early C19 boxed 16-pane glazing bar sashes. C19 two-panelled door between ground-floor windows off-centre to left, with beaded pegged frame and probably C19 gabled porch with slate side benches. C20 folding boarded garage doors to right. Carriageway to far right has large pair of boarded doors (left-hand one 2- leaf) with strap hinges and old wooden frame. Interior: Central ground-floor room with cross beam and open fireplace to rear with dressed stone jambs and C17 chamfered wooden lintel (probably reused). Stud wall between central and left-hand rooms. Window seats to front. First-floor rooms and roofspace not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS7379429814