More information : [SK 52138129] Hall [G.T.] (Remains of) [T.I.] (1)
"Thorpe Salvin Hall... Hessie Sandford, the last of that family,
built this... manor house of dressed stone about 1570, on an
almost square plan with circular turrets at the angles. Only
the front now remains, the rest of the building having been
demolished, the walls (nearly level with the ground) indicating
the former plan of the building. The chimney stacks on the
front wall are unusual, and the gatehouse, so near the Hall, is
rather uncommon. It is now used as a pigeon-cote". (2)
Thorpe Salvin Hall was rebuilt by Henry Sandford "with the
three courts, according to.. the usual plan of the houses...
erected in the early part of the reign of Elizabeth". (3)
The remains of Thorpe Salvin Hall comprise the S. front and
the small detached gatehouse both constructed of rubble masonry
with stone dressings.
The S. front, with central porch and circular angle-towers, is
of three storeys and survives to the height of the wall-plate.
It contains a number of fine mullioned and transomed windows
complete with hood-moulds. There are also two large
chimney breasts one of which is surmounted by four stacks of
later date, probably 18th C. The E. and W. walls of the house,
reduced to footings only, terminate in angle-towers at the NW
and NE corners, the bases only remain.
The gatehouse is of two storeys with crow-stepped gables: the
roof is tiled. Over the central doorway, containing a
probably original wooden door, is a much-weathered coat of
arms, and on a quoin to the right a small cross is carved.
Above the door is a three-light mullioned window over which three
escutcheons are visible.
A.M. survey carried out: see GP's A0/59/255/6 - S. front from SW;
A0/59/255/7 - from NE. (4)
Description correct, and condition unchanged. (5)
II* Ruins of Thorpe Salvin Hall and gatehouse (Included
in Interim List as Old hall Gatehouse and remains)
Impressive, well known, but fast deteriorating remains of
handsome Elizabethan mansion. (6)
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