Thorpe Hall

Thorpe Hall is a house with a core dating to 1680, and later extensions of 1835 and 1844, situated in Fylingthorpe, North Yorkshire Moors. The building is constructed of coursed, tooled sandstone, with some rubble in the northeast bay, and has Welsh slate roofs with stone copings and ridges on the older part, tile ridges on the extensions, and brick stacks on stone bases.

The original house has a rectangular plan comprising two parallel ranges. The 1835 extension incorporates an earlier building in another parallel range, extended to the south with a south-east porch. A separate parallel east range, dated 1844, is linked to the porch. The house is two storeys and attics.

The entrance front has three bays. A central Tudor-headed door bears the inscription “FAVSYD AD 1680” and displays the Farsyde arms, seemingly a recut. Flanking are three-light double-chamfered mullioned windows with leaded glazing on both floors, with a one-light window above the door. Continuous drip strings run above both floors. A small central gable features a double-chamfered slit. All gables have stone copings and small gabled kneelers. The right return has two gabled bays, the left slightly wider, with similar three- and two-light windows, and attic windows. A projecting gabled bay from 1835 is dated, bearing the Farsyde arms. A narrow porch bay, projecting to the right, includes a half-glazed door with a flattened Tudor head, a three-light window above, and a gable slit. The east range of 1844 also projects. The left return of the original house echoes the right return. A central stack rises from the ridge linking the two ranges. Heraldic glass is found in a first-floor left window. To the left, a bay set at a right angle is three storeys high; the lower two storeys may have once been an outbuilding, with the top floor exhibiting late 18th-century characteristics. A door is situated on the left return, while a deeply-recessed linking bay has a studded door displaying coats of arms. The far left range, dated on the rear elevation, features 20th-century replacement stone-mullioned windows. Rear elevation openings are mostly altered.

The interior contains decorative features from the early 20th century, including oak wainscoting (some old and imported, some reproduction) and a reproduction staircase. A rear lean-to is considered to be of no special interest.