Following on from yesterday's post, further down the driveway are the ruins of the original Thorpe Salvin Hall which are Grade II* listed with group value together with the former gatehouse at the front of the plot.
The drone photos are good, but standing in front of the ruins in person is magnificent.
Speaking to the owners of the neighbouring house, the ruins came as part of their purchase and they are now responsible for the maintenance of the structure and grounds, no small task. They advised that families of crows have moved in and are pecking away at the walls. Hopefully, they will move on soon.
The manor house was designed by Robert Smythson and built in the 1570’s for Hercy de Sandford [part of the Westmorland Sandford family] who died soon after in 1582. The house passed to his grandson and was then sold to the Osborne family in 1636 who used it as an occasional residence. By the early C.19, the mansion was in such a state of disrepair that in 1828 Joseph Hunter said “probably not many more years will pass before the plough will be drawn over the site”. Joseph was right, and the hall was partially dismantled by the end of the 1820’s.
The badly decayed shields on the front of the gatehouse are Sandford impaling Copley [his wife].
Credit: j31.co.uk – older photos
Almay – gatehouse drawing.
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