Old Thornville

Old Thornville is a historic building in Thornville, North Yorkshire, a hamlet in England.

A settlement named "Catala" was recorded in the Domesday Book. This is listed as a deserted medieval village, but the old manor house survived.[1] The current house was probably constructed in the 1660s, and was extended in the 18th century. It is a prominent example of building in rusticated brick with Dutch gables.[2] It was the home of politician William Thornton, and his son Thomas Thornton.[3] The house was grade II* listed in 1966.[2]

The country house is built of red brick with a hipped stone slate roof. It has a square plan around a courtyard, with a south front of two and three storeys and six bays. The front has a floor band, an eaves band, and a parapet with coping and eleven ball finials. The doorway has Tuscan columns with a hood, and a fanlight, and the windows are sashes with gauged brick arches. Inside, there is an early-18th century staircase, while the drawing room has panelling from the middle of the century with high-quality carving.[2][4]

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References

  1. ^ "Catala". Heritage Gateway. Historic England. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c Historic England. "Old Thornville, Thornville (1294065)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  3. ^ Speight, Harry (1894). Nidderdale and the Garden of the Nidd: a Yorkshire Rhineland. London: Elliot Stock.
  4. ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.
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