THORALBY 19th-century example in nearby Newbiggin. But by An introduction to the built heritage of the village this time some of the higher status houses in the village were leaving vernacular traditions behind. High Green House of the late 18th century has a lies at the foot of Bishopdale, on the South View, dated 1653, is perhaps the best. symmetrical frontage with simple ashlar surrounds to north-west flank of the valley 1.5km to the west of Hallgarth Farmhouse is probably the earliest, and its openings and a modillion cornice over the door. West Burton which lies across the other side of the with surviving evidence for a firehood. The Just outside the east end of the village, Warnford valley. The village is centred on the intersection of chamfered mullioned windows of the ground floor Court of 1807 is a Georgian villa with brick appearing two roads, one running from Cross Lanes on the survive from its initial early 17th-century phase, and around its openings, a gentleman’s house complete main Bishopdale road (B6160) across the spur of there are similar ones at South View, dated ‘1653’. with contemporary stable block, kennels, and walled higher ground between Bishopdale and the main Two barns, perhaps originally houses, preserve good garden. On a slightly humbler level, the Grange and valley of the Ure, and the other running more or 17th-century features, one on the east of the ‘back Grange Cottage are of the early 19th century, less along the contours on the north-west side of lane’ on the east side of the village, and the other although the latter follows a Bishopdale tradition in the Bishopdale. at Town Head. The porch to another former house, its basket-arched doorhead, seen again in Newbiggin now the village hall, is dated 1704 and has very and West Burton. The village, like Newbiggin 1km to the south, similar detail. The next generation of mullioned contains a considerable number of buildings of windows, flat-faced ones in architraves, appears in Back in the village, the influence of nonconformity some historic or architectural interest. Twenty are the early 18th century, and is seen in the added is seen in three chapels. Two succeeding Wesleyan currently listed, all Grade II, in contrast to the upper floor at Hallgarth Farmhouse and nearby ones, of 1823 and 1889, are now houses facing each similar-sized settlement of 2km to the Holmeside House. The succeeding step in window other across the roads, the earlier Classical, the north which has only one. Thoralby has seven or design - with almost square windows in architraves, second equally basic Gothic. At the lower end of the eight buildings with architectural features dated when mullions are finally dispensed with - is seen in village the shell of an early 19th-century Primitive 1700 or earlier, and Aysgarth none. the Post Office. Less easily dateable are the more Methodist Chapel, very like the earlier Wesleyan one, basic vernacular buildings, constructed of rough is now a garage. Public buildings are represented by rubble fabric without cut dressings, with evidence in the Village Hall, a conversion of an earlier house, At the village their gable ends of steep heather-thatched roofs. and the pretty little Reading Room of 1887, built to pound There is a good example of this in a cottage on the commemorate Victoria’s Silver Jubilee. east of the ‘back lane’ about 100m south of the Reading Room. There are many archaeological sites and interesting buildings around . For more information Old traditions died hard in Thoralby. Part of Grove visit our website www.outofoblivion.org.uk, type House has a chamfered doorway with a relief-carved ‘Thornton Rust’ in the Keyword Search box and follow lintel inscription as late as 1811, which one would the links. view with suspicion except for a similar early 10. WARNFORD COURT A handsome villa dated 1807, artificial slates, but the original roofing THORALBY originally known as Warnford Cottage. material was clearly stone flags as on Plan showing featured buildings It has a central porch flanked by the contemporary coach house, set round-arched windows, a first-floor back to the left, which has a central 10 band, 16-pane sashes on the upper pedimented porch with a rusticated floor and a hip-ended roof with two surround to its segmental arch. Behind 1. SOUTH VIEW chimney stacks rising behind. The is a range of kennels, and to the east One of several combinations of house and rough rubble masonry and orange a fine walled garden with a round- cottage, dated 1653. The cottage at the brick of the surrounds of the openings arched alcove or arbour in its tall rear west end retains old mullioned windows, suggest that the house was originally wall. All four components of the group but those of the house itself have intended to be rendered. The roof is of are listed Grade II. been altered, and have 9 horizontally-sliding sashes. At the back is a semicircular stair turret. 9. READING ROOM 4 A pretty building with a central porch time with a Reading Room or Literary flanked by 16-pane sashes, and with Institute. Nonconformist communities 1 its original gate and railings. Over the particularly valued the opportunity for door is a tablet stating that ‘this sober education provided by such 3 5 Jubilee Memorial Stone was laid by places and this coincided with the 2 MISS LODGE OF THE ROOKERY MAY interest of the middle classes in keeping 23RD 1887’. The children of the their workers out of public houses. 6 19th-century rural working class left Some reading rooms started life as 8 school early, but for the men at least humble affairs, a loft or a back room in there were opportunities provided for a mill, but local subscriptions and 4. OLD CHAPEL HOUSE them to continue their education generous donations usually led to a This was the 1823 Wesleyan Chapel, afterwards. Nearly every village in the purpose built structure. which externally remains very much was provided at some in its original state, with a central stone-surround doorway flanked by round-arched windows, behind an old 6. THORALBY POUND gate and railings. It is now a house, A small pound or pinfold is but when listed it was serving as a situated on the edge of the game larder. 7 village. It is a small roughly square walled enclosure with a narrow entrance gate. Here, animals which had strayed from their fields were 8. CHAPEL HOUSE impounded, sometimes by a The field between the main road and parallel back lane has person specifically paid to do earthworks indicating the site of the 14th-century chantry 2. THE GRANGE AND the job, called a ‘pinder’. The chapel of All Hallows. It is overlooked by Chapel House, a 3. GRANGE COTTAGE 5. THE OLD CHAPEL, owners had to pay a fine substantial and quite complex farmhouse with the These two buildings date to the early The successor to the above, is before they could get their not-quite symmetrical placing of its early 19th-century 19th century. The Cottage seems a again now a house. This is a simple animals back. 12-pane sashes hinting at older fabric. The rear elevation little older than its larger neighbour, Gothic building with a slab over the has a good round-arched stair window, and another window and has neat parallel tooling to its porch that states ‘METHODIST formed from the segmental arch of a former coach house. dressings. Its doorway has a CHAPEL 1889’. basket-arched lintel (a Bishopdale 7. HALLGARTH AND tradition) and there is a good arched HALLGARTH COTTAGE stair window above. The Grange itself One of the more important early has dressings of smooth grey ashlar, Bishopdale farmhouses. The farmhouse and a contemporary farm building, has evidence of an original firehood roofless at the time of survey, replaced in the 18th century, but attached. retains its original parlour fireplace. Private Spaces Public Places Village Heritage Project

This leaflet and others in the series were produced by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority as part of the Private Spaces Public Places project. This European Union funded project was undertaken during 2003-5 in selected villages in the area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The project’s aim was to enable communities to take a more active role in the management and enhancement of the historic character of their villages, and to promote a common outlook on their future development. An Historic Environment PARTICIPATING VILLAGES Consultancy firm was appointed by the Yorkshire Dales WARD: Grinton and Upper Swaledale: National Park Authority to complete character appraisal WARD: Aysgarth: VILLAGES: VILLAGES: documents in consultation with each community. The Carperby Muker documents include an appraisal of the historic character of West Burton Gunnerside the village, and form the basis for the development of an Thornton Rust Low Row agreed action plan targeting specific enhancement projects. Aysgarth Keld Electronic versions of the village character appraisal Thoralby Grinton documents, along with a copy of this leaflet are available on Newbiggin WARD: and High Abbotside: www.yorkshiredales.org.uk from the Understanding/Historic WARD: Bolton Manor: VILLAGES: Environment page. VILLAGES: Gayle Castle Bolton Burtersett West Witton Sedbusk PROJECT PART-FINANCED Hardraw BY THE EUROPEAN UNION GLOSSARY Private Spaces Public Places Village Heritage Project

Architraves Dressings A characteristic moulded surround to a doorway The cut stones – e.g. quoins and in the or window typical of the 18th century. surrounds of openings – as opposed to the unshaped rubble of some wall fabric. Basket arched doorway A square-headed doorway, but with the angles Modillion cornice of the head curved. A cornice supported by horizontal brackets, usually in the form of a scroll with an acanthus Bands leaf decoration. Horizontal ashlar courses standing proud of the wall face; if moulded or chamfered it would be Pedimented porch termed a ‘string course’. A porch with the Classical motif of a pediment, usually a small gable, above. Chamfered mullioned windows Windows with stone mullions in which the Segmental-headed arch surround and edges of the mullion are Arch in which the head is a single segment of chamfered. an arch, in contrast to a semi-circular (Romanesque), or a Gothic pointed form.