Description

ETTINGTON

SP25SE
1912-1/3/77
05/04/67

WARWICK ROAD (A 429)
(East side (off))
Thornton Manor
(Formerly Listed as:
ETTINGTON
Thornton Farmhouse)

II*

Farmhouse. Mid C16 with c1658 alterations and additions and
C20 restorations. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar
dressings; steeply pitched roof with stone slate to front and
left pitches and machine tile to rear, and stone ridge and
lateral stacks. E-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 5-window range. Gabled cross-wings, that
to left projecting to rear, with extension, and gabled porch
wing, the entrance replaced by one to left; large external
stack to re-entrant angle of right wing. To left of centre a
mid C17 Tudor-headed entrance in chamfered reveals has studded
plank door with enriched strap hinges and stone-slate pentice.
Recessed-chamfered-mullioned windows with labelmoulds; ground
floor has 2- plus 2-light window to each wing, and 3-light
window to centre in place of entrance and to right of centre;
1st floor has 3-light windows; 3-light attic windows to wings,
and 2-light attic window to porch; windows to right of centre
have altered labelmoulds, no label to that over entrance; left
wing has pair of small round-headed lights with chamfered
arches to 1st floor right return.
Left return has large external stack to right end, with
offsets and renewed string course, cornice and small light;
ground floor has 3-light and 4-lights windows and signs of
blocked window next to stack; 1st floor has 2-light and
4-light windows; 2 gabled roof dormers with 2-light leaded
casements; possible blocked entrance between windows; axial
stack to junction between roofs. Extension has entrance at
right end with heavy frame to 6-panel (2 glazed) door; 2
2-light windows and 3-light window to ground floor and 3-light
half-dormer.
Right return has 2-light ovolo-mullioned stair window has
3-light window to right with 4-light window above.
Rear has gable to left with 3-light ground floor window, and
signs of blocked windows to 1st floor and attic; signs of
raised eaves; large lateral stack to left of 2-storey
flat-roofed projection with 3-light C20 window to 1st floor,
and large 3-light window to right with 2-light window above,
no labelmoulds. Return of projecting wing has 3-light windows
flanking inserted C20 window, lateral stack with lean-to
projection to front and 2-light window and 3-light window to
right; 1st floor with 2-light window to each end, that to left
is probably C20. End has brick gable and inserted C20 window
with casement to each floor.
INTERIOR: central room has moulded stop-chamfered spine beam
with similar cross-beam; stop-chamfered joists; ashlar
fireplace with moulded Tudor arch in architrave and date 1411
to right jamb. Room to left wing has chamfered beam and
stop-chamfered joists; stop-chamfered bressumer to ashlar
fireplace with benches flanking inserted stone chimneybreast
and light. Room to right wing has large stop-chamfered beam
and ashlar fireplace with moulded 4-centred arch; 4-panel door
with HL-hinges. Dog-leg staircase to rear has probably re-used
splat balusters with wavy contours.
Rear wing has former kitchen with chamfered spine beam and
cross-beam and large stone fireplace with moulded bressumer
labelmould. 1st floor recorded as having probably re-set
ashlar fireplace; main door reputedly to be from Warwick Gaol.
The house is on or near the site of the deserted village of
Thornton.
(Victoria County Histories: Victoria History of the County of
Warwick: London: 1949-: 77-84).

Listing NGR: SP2744750336

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551987

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)