Description

SK 87 SE THORNEY TOP ROAD (off east side)

2/108 The Old Manor House

26.10.72 (Formerly listed as Thorney
Hall Cottages)

G.V. II

House, 1649, formerly pair of cottages; brick with steep pitched pantile
roof, brick plinth, moulded brick first floor band and details, coped gables
with stone ball finials, 2 ridge stacks, 2 storeys plus garrets, 3 windows.
Central 3 light leaded casement with wooden lintel and triangular moulded
brick pediment containing date plaque, 1649; flanked to east by C20 door with
timber lintel; beyond, C19 2 light Yorkshire sash with segmental head; beyond
again, blocked 4 centred arched opening; to west, C19 3 light leaded
casement with timber lintel; beyond C20 close boarded door. Above, central
2 light leaded casement, flanked by single C19 Yorkshire sashes, all with
timber lintels. West gable has, above, chamfered and rebated brick opening
containing 3 light leaded casement with brick mullions; above again, C20
casement with moulded brick hood mould. Blank brick plaque in gable peak.

Listing NGR: SK8596972912

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26298129

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)