Listed Building: THORPE HALL (280025)

MENDHAM WITHERSDALE, HUNTER'S LANE TM 28 SE 2/76 Thorpe Hall 29.7.55 -- II Farmhouse. C16 and early C17. Timber framed, plastered with textured finish. Roof of concrete plaintiles. 2 storeys and attic. L-shape plan: a 3-cell main range with slightly later wing to north. South front with 3 windows, flush-frame sashes with glazing bars; C19 half-glazed door. Internal stack with detached octagonal shafts; moulded brick bases, original caps missing. Against the west gable end a later external stack. In the angle of the 2 ranges is a 2-storey gabled addition with an C18 cross window on the first floor. Some good studding is visible inside both wings, with evidence for many original windows. The main range has been altered to accommodate a C19 staircase. Roof over main range has clasped and butt purlins, with arched wind-bracing; the roof of the later wing is identical except that the butt purlins are staggered. Listing NGR: TM2738780359