Thornville is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains six listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The most important building in the parish is the country house, Old Thornville, and all the other listed buildings are structures associated with it in its garden and grounds. __NOTOC__ Key
Grade Criteria II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interestII Buildings of national importance and special interest
Buildings Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGradeGate piers north of Old ThornvilleThe gate piers have a square plan, and consist of a brick shaft with sunken square panels decorated with cobbles. Each pier has a stone cap and a ball finial.Old ThornvilleA large country house in red brick with a hipped stone slate roof. It has a square plan around a courtyard, with a south front of two and three storeys and six bays. The front has a floor band, an eaves band, and a parapet with coping and eleven ball finials. The doorway has Tuscan columns with a hood, and a fanlight, and the windows are sashes with gauged brick arches.Ha-ha south of Old ThornvilleThe ha-ha enclosing the garden to the south of the house is rendered and is about in height. It has a projecting coping band, and there are stone blocks built into the face to form steps at the south.Statue of ApolloThe statue in the garden to the south of Old Thornville is in lead on a stone plinth. It has a square base with a cornice, and depicts a classical male figure.Statue of DianaThe statue in the garden to the south of Old Thornville is in lead on a stone plinth. It has a square base with a cornice, and depicts a classical female figure.Sundial and pedestalThe sundial in the garden to the south of Old Thornville consists of a stone and metal cylindrical shaft on a square base. On the top is a square cap containing a dial.
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