Thicket Priory

THORGANBY WHELDRAKE ROAD SE 64 SE (east side) 3/89 The Park Thicket Priory 23.8.78 GV II

Country house now Carmelite monastery. 1844-7 with C20 range to former main facade of no special interest. By Edward Blore for Rev Joseph Donnington Jefferson. Orange-red brick with ashlar dressings and grey slate roof. Approximately square on plan. Jacobethan. Main facade now partly-obscurred by later range. Garden facade: mainly of 2 storeys, with 8 first floor windows, 4-stage tower and 3 stage stair turret and with chapel to north- east corner. Ashlar plinth and quoins. Off-centre entrances, that to left a glazed door in double-chamfered surround with quoined jambs under hoodmould. That to right a glazed door under Tudor arch and hoodmould and with quoined jambs. Ashlar sill band to most of range. Ground floor has 3 and 4-light mullion and transom windows in double chamfered surrounds and with quoined jambs and mainly under hoodmoulds. First floor sill band to two left windows. 1, 2, and 3-light mullion and transom windows mainly with quoined architraves, some under hoodmoulds, 2-light oriel window has gable which breaks modillion eaves band. Bay to left is gabled end of south return and has 2-light mullion window under hoodmould to gable. Ashlar kneelers, coping and finials. Tower has 2nd and 3rd stage bands and further similar single-light windows. Decorative arcaded eaves cornice. Replacement brick balustrade. Similar stair turret but with pyramidal roof. Chapel: 2 storeys, 4 bays of which 3rd bay projects and is 5-sided, the 5th side occupied by 3-stage stair turret. Ground flour has end entrance a C20 glazed door within quoined surround. Further entrance to 5-sided bay a similar glazed door under Tudor arch and stepped hoodmould. Plate glass window to 2nd bay, otherwise slit windows. 1st floor sill band. First floor has two pointed two-light windows with reticulated tracery to head. 5-sided bay has single pointed light to each side with reticulated tracery and under continuous hoodmould. Modillion eaves band. Turret tapers to octagonal top with eaves band decorated with neurons, then brattished cornice and ashlar octagonal tent roof with finial. Pair of diagonal ridge stacks. South facade similar but with attic storey of roof dormers, gabled with finials and with ashlar balustrade between. Interior: Jacobethan openwell staircase. Some 6-long panel doors. Some moulded ceilings. Pevsner, N., Yorkshire, York and the East Riding, 1978, p 355.

Listing NGR: SE6970143544