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THORPLAND HALL, NORFOLK.
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to that at East Barsham puts all comparison out of question, excepting
only the details. Still, it is a valuable example of its class, as it remains in a
very perfect state, and exhibits several architectural members well suited to
modern imitation.
Plate I. — Principal Front of Thorpland Hall.
The outlines of the front deviate but little from uniformity, although
the porch is not exactly in the centre. The windows are rather irregular,
but are all remarkably plain, being merely divided by mullions into square-
headed compartments.* The eave of the roof seems to have lost its original
finishing, for we can hardly suppose it to have been left in the naked form
in which it is now seen. There is no appearance of there ever having been
battlements, or a parapet; but there might be a cornice composed of plaster
with curved ribs of wood, a common ornament to the roofs of the houses of this
style. The plain forms of the other parts are strongly contrasted with the
style of the chimneys, on which the utmost pains have been expended, quite
contrary to the practice of modern times. The walls of the house are
composed of flints, with brick-work in the chimneys, quoins, &c., and stone
in the window-frames.
Plate II. — Details of Chimneys, Gable, and other Parts.
No. 1. The tunnels of these chimneys are composed of moulded tiles,
on each of which is impressed a lion rampant, probably in allusion to the
arms of Stapleton, or the heraldic figure called the fleur-de-lis. A third
variety of ornament was formed by a sort of trellis in lozenges; and different
patterns occur on some other of the chimneys.
No. 2. The plan of the chimneys is here shewn at large, with the curves
formed in their capitals, and the octagonal lines of their bases.
No. 3. One end of the house is here given entire, with a section of the
chimneys and gable. The composition of this part is altogether good; the
* This plainness in the forms of windows became common in the middle of the sixteenth
century, and was generally used during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. In the eai'lier
examples, each light had commonly a small arch in the head, which added much to the ornamental
appearance of a window. At Wolterton Manor House, we find both these varieties, and their con-
trasted effects are very striking.
59
to that at East Barsham puts all comparison out of question, excepting
only the details. Still, it is a valuable example of its class, as it remains in a
very perfect state, and exhibits several architectural members well suited to
modern imitation.
Plate I. — Principal Front of Thorpland Hall.
The outlines of the front deviate but little from uniformity, although
the porch is not exactly in the centre. The windows are rather irregular,
but are all remarkably plain, being merely divided by mullions into square-
headed compartments.* The eave of the roof seems to have lost its original
finishing, for we can hardly suppose it to have been left in the naked form
in which it is now seen. There is no appearance of there ever having been
battlements, or a parapet; but there might be a cornice composed of plaster
with curved ribs of wood, a common ornament to the roofs of the houses of this
style. The plain forms of the other parts are strongly contrasted with the
style of the chimneys, on which the utmost pains have been expended, quite
contrary to the practice of modern times. The walls of the house are
composed of flints, with brick-work in the chimneys, quoins, &c., and stone
in the window-frames.
Plate II. — Details of Chimneys, Gable, and other Parts.
No. 1. The tunnels of these chimneys are composed of moulded tiles,
on each of which is impressed a lion rampant, probably in allusion to the
arms of Stapleton, or the heraldic figure called the fleur-de-lis. A third
variety of ornament was formed by a sort of trellis in lozenges; and different
patterns occur on some other of the chimneys.
No. 2. The plan of the chimneys is here shewn at large, with the curves
formed in their capitals, and the octagonal lines of their bases.
No. 3. One end of the house is here given entire, with a section of the
chimneys and gable. The composition of this part is altogether good; the
* This plainness in the forms of windows became common in the middle of the sixteenth
century, and was generally used during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. In the eai'lier
examples, each light had commonly a small arch in the head, which added much to the ornamental
appearance of a window. At Wolterton Manor House, we find both these varieties, and their con-
trasted effects are very striking.