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Description: Thorpe House

Address: Thorpe House Rochdale Road Triangle Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire HX6 3DJ

Grade: II

Group detail: Rochdale Road (east side, off)

Full description:
House now residential accommodation. Early C19. Ashlar, stone slate roof. 2 storeys with cellar, 5 bays. Plinth, cill bands. 3-step podium to Tuscan portico with cornice and triangular pediment fronting half-glazed door with fanlight and archivolt in rusticated surround. Sashes with stone lintels. Eaves string, dentil cornice, hipped roof. Stacks to left end and ends of hips. c1970 extension on right linking house to coach house (qv) not of interest. Rear: as front. Central doorway plainer with C20 glazed door. Right return: 3-bays. Central 2-storey arched niche with tall stair window; sashes as front. Interior: good cantilevered stair with decorative iron balusters.