Thuborough Thuborough Barton

Thuborough Barton is a house, now subdivided into two properties, that was formerly the manor house of the Prideaux family. It likely dates from the early to mid-18th century, with 19th-century additions, incorporating earlier fabric. The front range is of coursed stone rubble, rendered to the rear elevations, with a gable-ended slate roof. Brick stacks are located at the left gable end, and at the gable ends of the left and right rear wings, along with an axial stack to the central rear wing.

The original 18th-century front range is one room deep, consisting of three rooms, the central one being a large entrance hall. Substantial 19th-century rear additions are likely rebuilds of an earlier range, consisting of three wings added at various stages in the 19th century; one wing behind the left-hand end was probably a parlour, while the others served as kitchen and service wings. A staircase was incorporated behind the front range, running parallel to it.

The two-storey front has a symmetrical five-window facade with late 18th-century hornless sash windows; the first floor windows have 16 panes, and the glazing bars have been removed from the ground floor windows. Flat dressed stone arches are above all windows. A central flat doorhood, with a moulded wooden cornice supported on Ionic fluted columns, shelters the front door, which has panelled reveals and a 19th-century panelled and glazed door behind. A modillion eaves cornice runs along the top of the front. At either end of the front range is a single-storey, pedimented wall with a blocked doorway. A 19th-century wing to the left has 12:8:12 pane sashes on the first floor and a conservatory below. The wing behind the right-hand end has a six-window front of 12-pane hornless sashes, with an 18-pane sash to the left of centre on the first floor. A 19th-century gabled porch with a round-arched doorway is located to the left of centre, with a small gable between this wing and the front range.

Inside the front range, the joinery is of late 18th or early 19th-century style, including six-panel doors, panelled shutters, and simple chimneypieces. A decorative ceiling band is present in the left-hand room, and the right-hand room has a single oval rib at the centre of the ceiling, suggesting a possible earlier 18th-century date. A Victorian staircase features an octagonal newel and chamfered balusters. The first floor was inaccessible during the survey, but may contain quality features. The property is mentioned in the Domesday Book and was the site of the manor house of the Prideaux family in the 16th and 17th centuries.