Pictures of buildings mentioned in the “Suffolk” volume of “The Buildings of England” series by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner. Tudor Georgian
A National Trust property that is only open to the public on one day each year! This hall is near Stoke-by-Nayland and should not be confused with the Hall at Thorington village which is miles away.
The May 2010 edition of Suffolk magazine has an article on Thorington Hall of which the following are some quotes:
“ There is evidence of an earlier building, perhaps a medieval hall, a little to the west. One room from this period survives within the house. The structure of the rest of the house belongs to two periods. The western wing and hall, with its star-topped, sixstack chimney soaring up about 40 courses, and its rich barge boards, was built in the late 16th or very early 17th century. ... The eastern wing was added in the late 17th century, with a scroll-pedimented doorway on the south front. Very little of the ornate plasterwork which embellished the outside of the house remains visible, although you can see some above this south door as you look up towards the chimney.”
Occupiers were said to include Thomas May somewhere in the period 1600 - 1700 and the White family owned the farm and had tenants from 1784 to 1901. From 1935 - 1940 the Penrose family restored the house before giving it to the National Trust.
Two extra photos have been added of the rear after visiting it on Historic Buildings weekend, 2011.
