Thornhill House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, having central full-height bow-fronted bay to four-bay north elevation, and lean-to extension to south elevation. Hipped slate roof to front (east), side (north) and rear (west) elevations, and M-profile pitched slate roof to south. Rendered chimneystacks with clay pots, cast-iron rainwater goods, clay ridge tiles, moulded painted eaves course and paired timber eaves supports to overhanging eaves. Ashlar masonry limestone and sandstone walls, having tooled block-and-start quoins and rusticated plinth course, harl-rendered to south. Timber sliding sash windows throughout. Round-headed window opening to rear, having render sill and nine-over-nine pane window, square-headed elsewhere. Six-over-six pane and three-over-six pane to rear. Other elevations have painted gauged-brick lintels and block-and-start surrounds, tooled sandstone sills and six-over-six pane windows. Round-headed painted render scoop-recessed entrance to front, having moulded rusticated stone voussoirs and render enlarged keystone over, elliptical-headed door opening with double-leaf timber panelled door and spoked fanlight, opening onto stone paving. Square-headed door opening to rear, with painted gauged brick voussoirs and block-and-start brick surround, with replacement timber door and over-light. Square-headed door opening to south, having render reveal and timber panelled door. Outbuildings to rear of house arranged around courtyard, having hipped slate roofs with mixed cast-iron and replacement rainwater goods and having clay ridge tiles, random rubble limestone and sandstone walls, gauged-brick square-headed window openings having red brick surrounds, masonry sills, some with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and some with timber fittings, gauged-brick square-headed door openings, with red brick surrounds, timber battened doors or blocked openings, and gauged-brick segmental-headed openings, some having double-leaf timber battened doors, some blocked. Harl-rendered wall enclosing yard to south of house, having segmental carriage arch with single-leaf cast-iron gate flanked by rendered piers.