Thornton Hall

Thornton Hall is a large house located on the south side of Thornton Rust Village Street, dated 1672, with early 18th century, early 19th century, and later alterations and extensions. It was formerly the seat of the Chapman family. The building is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and has a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and an irregular plan featuring a spine with cross wings.

The north front has a layout of 1:2:1. It features chamfered rusticated quoins. In the center, to the left, there is a part-glazed door set in a sandstone ashlar surround with splayed bases, an eared and richly-moulded architrave, a pulvinated frieze, and a modillioned cornice. Above this door is a sash window with glazing bars. To the right, there is one bay of tripartite sash windows. The building has gutter brackets. The left wing contains 16-pane sash windows, while the right wing features paired sash windows. The gables of the cross wings have corniced ashlar stacks, and there are kneelers and copings.

To the right, there is a recessed wing with a segmental-arched opening, which is now a window, and a glazed door in a keyed surround. On the first floor of this wing, there are two sash windows with glazing bars under segmental arches made of ashlar voussoirs and keystones. The rear elevation has a central projecting two-storey porch with a four-panel door in a quoined surround, featuring a moulded arris and inscribed with "1672 G C" on the lintel, along with an added inscription "1706". The porch has an elaborate hood-mould with decorative motifs on the drops. Above the porch, there is an 18th-century round-arched window flanked by small triangular-headed windows. The flat-topped gable has ball finials above the kneelers. To the left of the porch, there are four fire windows with chamfered ashlar surrounds and later openings. To the right, there are three small pointed-arched blind openings in the gable.

Inside, there is a segmental-arched fireplace in the original main room.