Thorpe Salvin Hall
The Salvains built the first Thorpe Manor on the site of the present ruin although the date of this is not known. This first manor was probably built of wood, and later passed into the Sandford family who eventually succeed the Salvains as Lords of Thorpe Manor. Thorpe Manor, as it was then called, was designed and built by the master mason Robert Smythson for Brian Sandford. Edward Osborne acquired Thorpe Hall and presumably the Manor also from the Sandfords in 1636. Sir Thomas Osborne became Duke of Leeds, and built a big new house in Kiveton Park. Thorpe Hall was never again occupied and fell in ruin.
Only the facade and a small gatehouse remain of the Tudor hall which dates from about 1570. You can see the fireplaces and ovens in the walls and easily work out where the floors used to be. The missing stone has doubtless provided the building material for many of the surrounding properties over the centuries. The building is not generally open to wander around except during the Garden Trail.