Thornhill

Detached seven-bay two-storey country house, built 1769; extant 1778, on an F-shaped plan with five-bay two-storey side (east) elevation. Sold, 1919, to accommodate alternative use. Burnt, 2005. Restored, 2008. Replacement hipped slate roof on an F-shaped plan behind parapet with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered plinth with iron-covered "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice supporting iron-covered blocking course to parapet. Square-headed central door opening approached by two cut-granite steps, doorcase with engaged Doric columns on plinths supporting modillioned pediment on "triglyph"-detailed frieze on entablature, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement two-over-one (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; staircase hall (south) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber surround to window opening to half-landing, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on plasterwork ceiling roses; dining room (north-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, Classical-style chimneypiece, and picture railing below plasterwork cornice to ceiling on "bas-relief" frieze centred on decorative plasterwork ceiling rose; drawing room (north-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, Classical-style chimneypiece, and picture railing below plasterwork cornice to ceiling on "bas-relief" frieze centred on decorative plasterwork ceiling rose; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in relandscaped grounds.