Thrumpton Hall and Attached Range of Outbuildings

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THRUMPTON THRUMPTON HALL DIRVE SK 53 SW (south side) 2/132 Thrumpton Hall and attached range of outbuildings (formerly 14.5.52 and 13.10.66 listed as the Hall and Old Dairy, 2 separate items) G.V. I Small country house and attached outbuildings. House completed by 1617 for Gervase Pigot. 1660s altered and improved by his son Gervase, late C18 further alterations made for John Wescomb Emerton, c.1830 alterations, extensions and restorations carried out for John Emerton Wescomb, restored mid C20. Red brick with ashlar dressings. House with flush ashlar quoins and set on a chamfered ashlar plinth. Plain tile roofs. H-plan with loggias and lower wing to the east which connects the house to the stable block. North/entrance front with single central stack with 5 tall shafts, the central 3 set diagonally. Single stack to the left with flush ashlar quoins and 4 shafts. Parapet with moulded ashlar coping and ashlar band extending under. 2 storeys plus cellar and attic, 7 bays. The outer 2 bays on each side project and are gabled with probably 1660s decorative ashlar crestings topped with broken horned pediments containing single orb finials. Cellar with 6 two light ashlr mullion openings. Central 3 bays with single storey loggia topped with balustraded parapet 3 round arches with ashlar impost bands and keystones. Central arch open forming a porch with inner late C18 window with 2 ogee arched lights with hexgonal glazing bars and single central quatrefoil. C17 dripmould over. In the right wall is a doorway with panelled door. The other arches each with single C19 fixed light with octagonal glazing bars. Further right and left are 2 similar 2 light windows with C17 drip moulds. Above are 6 similar windows and drip moulds. In each gable apex is a single similar window. The parapet to the central bays with 2 two light ashlar mullion casements each flanked by single ashlar strips. Single similar central strip. All other windows apart from those of the loggia with flush ashlar quoin surrounds. 2 decorative rainwater heads, one with the Pigot arms and crests, both with brackets to the downpipes dated 1662. Extending in front of the house is a terrace, balustraded to the west and north. Attached to the left of the house and set back slightly is a 2 storey, single bay C19 wing with dogtooth eaves. Single casement on each floor with hexgonal glazing bars. Behind this is a C17 wing, the side wall with single ashlar mullion casement and single ashlar cross casement above. Projecting from the side wall is a 2 storey plus attic, single bay wing with single 2 light ashlar mullion casement and single ashlar casement above, both with dripmoulds. The attic with single hipped roof dormer with single casement. Projecting from the left is a single bay two and a half storey wing each floor with single casement in ashlar surround. The ground and first floors with drip moulds. To the left and projecting is the 2 storey plus garret /C19 kitchen wing with Flemish gable. Single ridge glass and lead C19 cupola. Gable end of 2 bays with 2 casements on each floor in ashlar surrounds. Single ashlar clock face in the apex. To the left and set back is a 2 storey plus garret, 2 bay wing with similar gable. 2 casements with doorway to the left, 2 casements above. Most casements with hexgonal glazing bars. West front with 2 external stacks, each with 3 shafts and flush ashlar quoins. The parapet to the left as the entrance front and parapet to the right shaped with moulded ashlar coping. Reconstructed 1660s wall between the shafts, top floor with flush ashlar quoins with a balustraded parapet. Continuous ashlar lintel bands to all openings here apart from the top floor. Left stack with single ashlar mullion 2 light casement, blocked arch over. Blocked segmental arch in right stack. Central bays with doorway with glazed and panelled door. Over the band is a segmental arched ashlar pediment with imposts and pendant keystone and single small carved grotesque. Above are 2 ashlar cross casements with 2 similar casements above and single similar casement on the top floor to the right is a single ashlar mullion 2 light casement. The windows are staggered in order to light the stair. All openings with flush ashlar quoin surrounds. Garden/south front 2 storeys plus attic, 5 bays. The single outer bays project and have gables as the entrance front. Central parapet similar to the entrance front. The central 3 bays with slightly projecting single storey loggia topped with balustrade. The loggia was brought forward in the late C18 and enclosed c.1830. 3 bay ashlar arcade with Doric columns and responds and keystones, the single central bay with glazed and panelled door with fanlight. Either side are single sashes with balustrades under and single similar fanlights. Further left and right are single arched ashlar fixed lights with pendant keystones, single transoms and flush ashlar quoin surrounds. In each outer bay is a single C17 3 light ashlar cross sash. 2 similar smaller 3 light windows above, the central 3 bays with 3 similar 2 light windows. The garrets each with single 3 light ashlar mullion sash, all with moulded dripmoulds. The attic has 2 hipped roof dormers each with single glazing bar casement. All windows apart from the loggia sashes with decorative glazing bars. Most ashlar windows with flush ashlar quoin surrounds. Extending in front of the house is a formal garden enclosed by a low red brick wall with shaped ashlar coping and broken in parts. Wall with several small piers topped with decorative urns. Adjoining the right of the house and set back is an irregular 2 storey, 3 bay wing with some C17 ashlar and ashlar mullion windows. Projecting from the right is the rear of the c.1830 stable block with 4 ridge stacks. 5 bays. 5 half dormers with Flemish gables each with single fixed lights with hexgonal glazing bars, ashlar surround and drip mould. Projecting from the rear right of this wing is a further 9 bay stable block range. The outer single bays project and have Flemish gables. Single swimilarsmaller central bay with segmental arched doorway. Remaining bays with fixed lights in ashlar surrounds and with hexagonal glazing bars. Projecting from the rear right is a further stable range with brick coped right gable with kneelers. Tudor arched entrance into courtyard. Attached to the right is a red brick wall terminating in the early C17 Old Dairy. Single storey plus attic, 2 bays. Set on a rubble plinth. Left/south gable stack, this gable being brick coped with kneelers, right Flemish gable. 2 first floor raised brick and dogtooth bands. 2 casements with single half dormer above with Flemish gable and single casement. The right gable wall with single tripartite casement on each floor. Rear with doorway and plank door and single casement in the attic. All casements with hexgonal glazing bars and in ashlar surrounds. Projecting from the rear is a red brick wall termainting in the kitchen wing. Interior. Panelled library formed c.1830. Entrance hall probably panelled in the 1660s, further decorated with 2 pillars, pilasters abd shields. Arched doorways with keyblocks and panelled spandrels lead off. Ashlar fireplace with keystone flanked by single pilasters. Late C18 paved floor extending to the staircase hall. Fine 1660s open well staircase, the balustrade carved with foliate scrolls, similarly carved and decorated dados incorporating newels. Carved strings. Newels with foliate and grape carving topped with acanthus urns further decorated with carved fruit. Carved pendants to newels. Fireplace with eared architrave with decorative panelling to the sides and topped with urns. 8 mid C17 doorcases with eared architraves, the overdoors with carved swags and scrolls. Those on the ground floor topped with broken egg and dart pediments containing coats of arms. Each doorcase differing in decoration, some more elaborate. Some further decorated with carved heads and carved fruits. Single doorway with fine panelled door, panels containing single ovals, the spandrels with raised panelling. 1660s panelled saloon. The marble fireplace with decorative overmantel flanked by single foliate decorative strips topped with single brackets, further flanked by single decorative pilasters finely decorated with foliate and fruit drops. The cornice further decorated with lions' masks, c.1780 decorated ceiling. Mid C18 console-tables and mirrors in situ. Oak room with grained panelled walls. Pulvinated bay leaf brieze, egg and dart cornice. Fireplace with fluted surround, topped with scrolled broken pediment containing a single cartouche and a pair of cornucopias. Either side are single Ionic pilasters with arched blind panels with small impost and key blocks. Dining room with raised deep panelled late C17 ceiling. Late C18 fireplace removed from a house in Harley Street. Other rooms with Nottingham alabaster and Hopton marble fireplaces, panelling, decorative cornices and ceilings. The kitchen with large fireplace with keyblock. Centre of ceiling rising into the cupola. Stud partition to early C17 dogleg staircase with moulded rails, panelled newels, including a double newel topped with bulbous orbs. Newels incorporated into the wall. Single rail of plaster. Roof with stud partition retains much of its C17 structure. Country Life May 21, May 28 and June 4, 1959.

Listing NGR: SK5073031259

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Country Life in 21 May, (1959)
Country Life in 28 May, (1959)
Country Life in 4 June, (1959)

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