Tankersley Old Hall

SK39NE 5/62

TANKERSLEY BLACK LANE (west side) Tankersley Old Hall

GV II

Ruined mansion. Late C16, incorporating part of earlier structure, dismantled c1730. Ashlar and rubble sandstone, no roof, 2 x 3 bay rectangular tower with undercroft, remains stand over 2 storeys high; east wall originally the end of earlier house and with internal features now exposed. South side: corner piers flank 2 basement windows of 2 lights in chamfered, projecting surrounds; 2 ground floor windows originally of 2 lights; transomed and cavetto-moulded lst floor windows beneath string course, upper walling ruinous. North side: 3-light mullioned windows in chamfered plinth, transomed 3-light windows to 1st floor. East side: fireplace to ground floor left has moulded arched lintel with triangular extrados. Joist corbels, brickwork above with 2 moulded fireplaces, another fireplace above on left has relieving arch. Believed to have been built for the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (Arundel Mss). Belonged to the Savile family until taken over by Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford in early C17, already in disrepair when leased to Fanshawe family in 1653; finally dismantled c1730. Ruin under consolidation at time of resurvey. Arundel Castle Mss, 2/71. Derbyshire Archaeological Society, Arundel Castle Manuscripts (HMSO, 1966). D Hey, 'The Parks at Tankersley and Wortley', Y. A. J., vol 47, 1975, pp 109-119.

Listing NGR: SK3565198885