Thornton Grange

Thornton Grange is a house and cottage dated 1726, with alterations from the 19th century. It was built for William Woodward. The building is constructed of coursed gritstone rubble with a Westmorland slate roof and quoins. The main house is two storeys and two bays, with a single-bay cottage attached to the left. The front of the house features a central six-panel door, now sheltered by a 19th-century wooden porch. To the right of the door are a pair of sash windows, likely restored in the 20th century. A recessed 20-pane sash window is located to the left, while a blocked doorway is situated further left, bearing a chamfered lintel inscribed "WW 1726" and decorated with two recessed panels. A small, double-chamfered single-light window sits above this blocked doorway, alongside two larger 16-pane sash windows in stone surrounds to the centre and right. The cottage has a six-panel door to its front and sash windows with 16 panes on the ground floor and 4 panes above. Chimney stacks are located at the left end of both the house and cottage. The interior includes timber beams and post-and-panel partitions, though these were not visible during a recent inspection. The house and its history are fully described in the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Building Study Group Report Number 133 from March 1975.