The Hall

THORNTON DALE HIGH STREET SE 8383 (south side) 14/121 The Hall (Previously Listed as Thornton Hall, including Stable block, 10.11.53 gate piers and walling on * main road) GV II Incorrectly marked on 0.5 map as The Hall Hotel Hall, now residential home for elderly people. C17 probably with earlier origins; main front remodelled early C18; service wing added late C18; refenestrated and main front porch added early C19; extended to rear late C19; present entrance added C20. C17 block: sandstone ashlar on plinth, rendered to centre, with painted raised and chamfered quoins. C18 range: dressed sandstone front, coursed sandstone rubble to rear, with tooled flush quoins. Slate roofs to both builds. Originally H plan, with service wing to right rear added; later extensions to rear. Garden front: 2 storeys; 3- bay centre range with 2-bay crosswings. Pedimented Doric porch to centre containing Gothick-glazed double doors. Gothick-glazed sashes to left and right, and 12-pane sashes to first floor. 12-pane sashes to crosswings with flat brick arches to first floor windows to left. Stone sills and raised architraves to all windows. Moulded eaves course beneath modillion cornice and panelled parapet. Roof hipped to front of crosswings. Entrance front: 5-bay range to left and 7-bay service wing set forward to right. Single storey porch in re-entrant angle. C20 glazed double doors to porch. Tall 24-pane sash to left of entrance and irregularly placed 12-pane sashes further to left. Same eaves course and parapet as to main front. 16-pane sashes to service wing with raised keyblock lintels throughout. Cavetto- moulded eaves course. Coped gables and shaped kneelers. Rear: 2-storey and attic central gabled extension flanked by similar height gabled crosswings of original house. Chamfered rebated architraves survive with replacement 12-pane sashes to crosswings. Raised keyblock lintels to windows in service wing to left. Ridge stacks to all ranges. A bellcote is formed by paired stacks to service wing. Interior: fine C19 stone carved fireplace in centre room of original house. C17 staircase with panelling survives to left of C20 entrance, with early C18 replacement balusters and ramped-up handrail. At the head of the staircase three C17 keyed round arches of three orders with moulded imposts and pilasters lead to first floor corridors. Main corridor to centre has raised and fielded panelling and 8-panel doors.

Listing NGR: SE8364783063