Thorpe Hall

Thorpe Hall is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century and later. It is constructed of brick and timber frame, rendered and color-washed, with steeply pitched roofs that are both pantiled and plain tiled. The building has two storeys and attics, with a cellar beneath the west range, forming an H plan. The taller western cross-wing sits on a brick plinth and features clasping corner pilasters and brick dentil eaves. The north wall includes two cellar lights with bars and a three-light stair casement with a segmental head and leaded glazing in the west wall. There are also two three-light casements with segmental heads and leaded glazing, along with one ground floor sash window that has glazing bars and an architrave.

The main north-south range is pantiled and has two ridge chimney stacks, the western one being L-shaped with linked polygonal shafts. The windows are predominantly casements with leaded lights, mostly replaced in the 20th century. On the north side, there is one casement with a segmental pointed head and a three-light window with an ovolo moulded frame and mullions. A central two-storey gabled porch features a door opening with a semi-circular rusticated arch set in a square-headed recess, along with three-light casements on the first floor. The inner door frame is chamfered with ogee or wave moulded chamfer stops on the jambs. The south facade has three and four-light casements and an off-centre doorway, while a gabled dormer contains a three-light casement with glazing bars. The western cross-wing has ground floor glazed doors, a first floor sash with glazing bars, and a gabled attic dormer with a three-light casement.

There is a later cross-wing to the east, probably from the 18th century, which features 20th-century fenestration and half dormers on the east side. An attached red brick garden wall from the 18th century runs along the south, with the east and west sides swept down to a lower south wall. Inside, there is a 17th-century stair in the west wing with one turned baluster per tread and a moulded string, as well as a roll-moulded handrail. The tie beams have stepped run-out chamfer stops, and the bridging beam at the east end of the central range has ogee stops.