Thirkleby Manor Farmhouse

Thirkleby Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in the late 18th century, with early 19th-century alterations and further modifications in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick in English garden wall bond, with sections raised in pink variegated brick, and features a slate roof. The building has a central stair hall and a double-depth plan, standing two stories high with an attic and a three-window front.

The entrance boasts a six-panel door beneath a Gothick fanlight, set within a doorcase featuring fluted pilasters and a porch supported by fluted columns. The windows flanking the door and the central first-floor window are 12-pane sashes, while the first-floor flanking windows are 16-pane sashes. The attic windows are two-light, 8-pane horizontal sliding sashes. All windows have painted stone sills, with lintels that are painted as well—tooled on the ground floor, flat arched on the first floor, and timber above the attic. The eaves feature a brick dentilled course, and the gables are coped with shaped kneelers. There are end stacks on both ranges of the M-shaped roof.

Inside, the farmhouse has an open-string, open-well staircase with slender, turned balusters and a moulded handrail that is wreathed at the foot. The house contains six-panel doors throughout, most with left hinges, and features fielded-panelled window recesses and shutters. There is also a fine brick vaulted cellar located under the left part of the house.