The entrance facade from a 1919 postcard
Earlier Houses: There was an earlier house on, or near, the site of the current house.
Built / Designed For: George Hogge
House & Family History: Thornham Hall is noted for its Adam Style interiors, particularly the blue-and-white and green-and-white plaster friezes in the dining and drawing rooms. There is also, somewhat unusually, a rooftop observatory on the top of a dormer.
Title: Burke's & Savills Guide to Country Houses, Volume III: East Anglia
Author: Kenworthy-Browne, John; Reid, Peter; Sayer, Michael; Watkin, David
Year Published: 1981
Reference: pgs. 196-197
Publisher: London: Burke's Peerage
ISBN: 0850110351
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade II*
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSE: Thomas Archdale, 1ate 17th century. Wilson family, 18th century. SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: George Hogge, 1782-1811. Lionel Ames-Lyde, early 20th century. Henry Bett, late 20th century.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No