Tanyard Farmhouse

Tanyard Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with alterations and additions from the 18th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed coal measures sandstone with ashlar dressings, quoins, plain gables, and stone gable stacks, topped by a stone slated roof. The building is single storey with attics and consists of three bays, featuring an advanced gable range at the center of the main elevation and a 19th-century extension at the east end.

The south elevation has an off-centre doorway with a massive lintel and quoined surround. To the west end, there is a 3-light late 17th-century chamfered mullioned window with a flush surround, and above it, a 2-light flush mullioned window that projects as a gabled dormer into the attic. The windows throughout include casements and fixed lights, all with leaded cames. A gabled projection obscures the west jamb of the doorway and has a single light 17th-century opening on the first floor. The end bay features 20th-century 2-light casements beneath plain lintels. The rear elevation has 3 and 2-light casements beneath plain lintels, with recessed chamfer mullion windows, the latter fully within a gabled dormer. There are two single light stair windows at the angle of the main range and the 19th-century extension, with the upper light blocked. The extension also has 20th-century casement windows of 2-lights and a 19th-century doorway with a four-panelled boarded door.

Inside, the main range has two ground floor rooms separated by a 17th-century panelled partition on a 20th-century stone plinth. There are two hearths; the hall bay hearth is within a recess of the hearth beam, supported by a heck post at the north end, with an empty mortice at the south end. The hall hearth features corbelled jambs that carry a deep lintel, while the parlour hearth has a chamfered surround with plain stops. Both rooms have heavy spine beams and joists, with chamfers and stops. A stone winder stair leads to the attic floor, passing beside the hall hearth. The first-floor partition is a closed upper cruck truss, formerly with wind braces, and there is a 17th-century plaster motif on the first-floor bedroom partition. The building was refurbished in 1985-1986.