Description

TF 09 NE OWERSBY CATER LANE
Thornton le Moor

5/42 Thornton House

II

House; 1826, with later C19 addition to rear; buff brick with
painted stucco dressings and hipped slate roof having 2 brick
wall stacks. 2 storey 5 bay front with central 6 panelled door
with bordered overlight flanked by reeded pilasters and covered
by porch with entablature supported on columns. To either side
are 2 plain sashes with splayed rilled lintels; the 1st floor
has 5 similar windows. Interior: the entrance hall has a
moulded cornice with leafy panels and ceiling rose ornament.
From the hall is an archway leading to the staircase which is
contained in a semi-circular projection which has been obscured
externally by the later rear wing. It has a semi-circular
headed window with bordered sashes with coloured glass. The
staircase has plain balusters and carved tread ends and swept
hand rail. The stairwell ceiling has a decorative cornice.
Both principal rooms have plain moulded architraves and cornices
and arched alcoves either side of contemporary fireplaces.

Listing NGR: TF0596896187

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26595591

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair