Hollin Hall is a historic building in

Littlethorpe, North Yorkshire Littlethorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of North Yorkshire, near the city of Ripon. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Littlethorpe ...

, a village in England. The building was constructed in the late 17th century, probably for William Thomson, replacing an earlier building. It was originally named Hollin Close Hall. It was altered in about 1811, at which time it was owned by Richard Wood, who shortened its name to "Hollin Hall". The building was

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in 1967. The main ranges of the house are constructed of

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ed and painted red brick, with stone dressings,

quoins Quoins ( or ) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. Some are structural, providing strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble, while others merely add aesthetic detail to a corner. According to one 19th-century encyclopedia, ...

, and stone slate roofs, and the outbuildings in brick and stone with

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roofs. The plan is complicated, and consists of a main range with two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with an entrance front of five

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, and a south front of six bays, a two-storey L-shaped service wing to the north, and an L-shaped range of outbuildings with one and two storeys further to the north. The middle bay of the entrance front projects under a

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containing an

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, and the outer bays also project. In the centre is a

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with paired Tuscan columns carrying an

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, a

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and a blocking course. There is a floor band and a

dentil A dentil (from Lat. ''dens'', a tooth) is a small block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice. Dentils are found in ancient Greek and Roman architecture, and also in later styles such as Neoclassical, Federal, Georgian Rev ...

led

eaves The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural sty ...

cornice, and the windows are sashes. Inside, there are some carved wooden fireplaces, elaborate plasterwork, some 17th century panelling, and a hidden staircase leading to an attic room.

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