Thorpe Hall Fylingdales, England

Listed Building Data

Thorpe Hall has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1148707
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II*
Date Listed
6 October 1969
Name
THORPE HALL
Location
THORPE HALL, CHURCH LANE
Parish
Fylingdales
District
Scarborough
County
North Yorkshire
Grid Reference
NZ 94405 04935
Easting
494405.0000
Northing
504935.0000

Description

House, 1680 dated over door, with extensions dated 1835 and 1844 in similar style. Coursed, tooled sandstone, the later part more neatly tooled, with flush quoins; rubble north-east bay. Welsh slate roofs; stone copings, and ridges on older part; tile ridges on extensions; brick stacks on stone bases.

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

FYLINGDALES CHURCH LANE NZ 9404 Fylingthorpe (east side, off) 18/54 6.10.69 Thorpe Hall

  • II* House, 1680 dated over door, with extensions dated 1835 and 1844 in similar style. Coursed, tooled sandstone, the later part more neatly tooled, with flush quoins; rubble north-east bay. Welsh slate roofs; stone copings, and ridges on older part; tile ridges on extensions; brick stacks on stone bases. Old house rectangular plan of 2 parallel ranges; 1835 addition incorporates an earlier building in another parallel range extended to south with south-east porch. The 1844 addition is a separate parallel east range linked to the porch. 2 storeys and attics. Entrance front: 3 bays. Central 6-panel Tudor-headed door, upper panels glazed in chamfered doorway with inscription FAVSYD AD 1680 and Farsyde arms, possible recut. Flanking 3-light double-chamfered mullioned windows, with leaded glazing on both floors. One-light window above door. Continuous drip strings above both floors. Small central gable with double-chamfered slit. This and end gables have stone copings and small gabled kneelers. Right return 2 gabled bays, the left slightly wider, with 3-and 2-light similar windows; 2-light attic windows. Projecting to right the 1835 gabled bay, dated in sunk panel with Farsyde arms. Similar but 4-light windows. Right narrow porch bay holds half-glazed door with flattened Tudor head, 3-light window above and gable slit. Far right projecting similar 1844 wing. Left return of original house similar to right return. Central stack on ridge linking the 2 ranges. Heraldic glass in first-floor left window. To left a bay with axis at right-angles: 3 storeys, the lower 2 storeys possibly once an outbuilding, the top floor of late C18 appearance; windows similar to 1835 part. Door on left return . Deeply-recessed narrow linking bay has studded door under Farsyde and another coats of arms. Far left 1844 range (dated over opening on rear elevation) has C20 replaced stone-mullioned windows. Rear elevation openings mostly altered. Interior has tasteful decoration of early C20 including much oak wainscoting, some old but imported, some reproduction; and reproduction staircase. Lean-to added on rear is not of special interest.

House of the North York Moors. RCHM 1987, p.37 and passim, Harrison & Hutton, op. cit. pp. 113,235.

Listing NGR: NZ9440504935