Tanhouse Farmhouse

REDDITCH B GREEN LANE (north side) SP 06 SE Woodrow 5/85 Tanhouse Farmhouse

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Tannery and farmhouse, now house. Cl7 with early C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-framed with painted-brick infill on sandstone and -brick base; refronted in roughcast brick; plain tiled.roofs. U-shaped plan; two framed bays aligned north-east/south-west with large sandstone chimney and brick stack to south- east side; from this south-east side projects two adjoining framed bays with a two-span roof (the westernmost one encloses the sandstone chimney). Two storeys, attic and cellar. Framing: four panels from sill to wall-plate, short straight braces in some upper corners; cross-wing has collar and tie- beam trusses with two collars, three struts to lower collar and two to upper collar. South-east front elevation: windows have eared and shouldered archi- traves; two ground and first floor 3-light casements; attic light in right gable; entrance to left of centre has a C19 gabled porch (also roughcast), a pointed and chamfered archway, rectangular side lights and a half-glazed door within. Interior: framing mainly intact. Stop-chamfered main ceiling beams; large fireplace in room to left of main entrance. A two-bay C19 brick addition adjoins the north-west elevation. The sandstone tanning pits are said to survive beneath the lawn to the south-east of the house.

Listing NGR: SP0659364607