Snape with Thorp

Snape with Thorp est une paroisse civile du Yorkshire du Nord, en Angleterre.

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Snape with Thorp

Snape with Thorp is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It comprises the village of Snape and the hamlet of Thorp. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 410. Within the parish lie the Grade I listed Snape Castle and Thorp Perrow, known for its extensive arboretum. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Snape, North Yorkshire

Snape is a large village in the civil parish of Snape with Thorp in the county of North Yorkshire, England, located about 3 miles (5 km) south of Bedale and 3 miles (5 km) west of the A1(M) motorway, it has a population of 350. Nearby is Thorp Perrow Arboretum. The name is Old Norse for a boggy tract of uncultivated land. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Snape Castle

Snape Castle is a semi-fortified manor house in the village of Snape, North Yorkshire, England. The castle is 3 miles (5 km) south of Bedale and 10 miles (16 km) north of Ripon. At the time of Henry VIII, John Leland described it as "...a goodly castel in a valley [be]longing to the Lorde Latimer.." The castle is now a private residence, and is a grade I listed building.

Thorp Perrow Hall

Thorp Perrow Hall is a historic building near Snape, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The country house was built around 1715, on the site of an earlier manor house. The exterior was rebuilt in about 1800, to a design by John Foss. Walter Brierley undertook further work on the house in the early 20th century. The house has extensive grade II listed grounds, much of which now comprise Thorp Perrow Arboretum. The building was grade II* listed in 1966. The house is built of rendered stone with a hipped stone slate roof. The main front has eleven bays, the middle nine with three storeys and the outer bays with two, and returns of five bays, the middle three bays bowed. To the rear right is a lower, single-storey wing. On the front is a porte cochère of two pillars and six fluted Ionic columns, and a doorway with pilasters and a moulded archivolt. Above it is a tripartite sash window with pilasters and columns carrying an entablature with a swagged frieze and a triangular pediment. The other windows are sashes in architraves, and on the outer bays are Venetian windows in arched recesses. Inside, there is early plasterwork in the ballroom, an early rear staircase, and original panelling and fireplaces in some of the bedrooms.

Thorp Perrow Arboretum

Thorp Perrow Arboretum is an 85-acre (34 ha) woodland garden arboretum near Bedale in North Yorkshire, England.