Tan House Farmhouse

Tan House Farmhouse comprises two interconnected dwellings built at right angles, with the earlier section dating back to the 17th century and a later wing constructed in 1695. The farmhouse is built of brick and stone, featuring a stone plinth, some stone quoins, and roofs of both stone slates and slates.

The original part of the farmhouse, consisting of two bays and two storeys, includes what may be the remains of two cruck trusses. The later, three-bay, two-and-a-half-storey crosswing was built in 1695 and is set back on the right side. The original section, facing the road, has a high stone plinth with two large 19th-century casement windows, a boarded door at the right end, a first-floor window in the second bay, a raised front wall, and a slated roof with a chimney at the right end. A large external stone chimney stack, stepped to eaves level and extended in 19th-century brick, is set into the left gable, with a flat floor window to its left. The rear of the original section has some stone slates, a slated outshut with stone quoins, and two windows, one of which is a three-light sliding sash window with glazing bars. The gable of the 1695 addition is flush with the front of the earlier section. This later section has a stone plinth, stone quoins to all corners, a roof of stone slates, and a cut-down chimney at the rear gable. Its front wall has three-light chamfered stone mullion windows at ground level and two lights at attic level, all with saw-tooth labels; a datestone with the letters “F R . E. 1695” is carved in relief beneath the attic window. The side wall has three altered casement windows on each floor and an entrance at the junction of the first and second bays. The remains of a segmental relieving arch are visible above the third window on the first floor.

Inside the older part of the farmhouse, there are two cruck trusses, which may be full or raised. The later section has beams that are chamfered at ground floor level and rounded on the first floor.