Description

THORPE MAIN STREET
SE 006l-016l
(east side)
Blackburn House
10.9.54
14/91 II
House.Late C17 with mid-late C18 alterations. Coursed squared gritstone,
graduated stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Quoins. C20 board doors
to left of centre in chamfered quoined surround with restored triangular-
headed lintel in square chamfer. Recessed chamfered mullion windows
throughout, of 2 lights (mullion missing) to left and 3 lights to right of
entrance, all under a continuous dripmould. A 3-light window to first
floor left, rebuilt from C17 masonry; the central and right-hand 2-light
windows are built in C17 style. Corniced end stacks. The proportions and
probable direct-entry plan with end stacks belong to the mid C18, the C17
building probably had lower eaves (the quoins change just above first-floor
sill level) and a lobby-entry plan at the right gable. Interior not
inspected at resurvey.

Listing NGR: SE0126961915

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603109

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)