Little Tagley

TL 73 NW STAMBOURNE DYERS END 5/8 Little Tagley

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Hall house, early C16, altered in C17 and C20. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Aligned approx. NE-SW, aspect SE, consisting of 2-bay hall, integral parlour/solar bay to NE, integral 2-bay service end to SW. Axial chimney stack at SW end of hall, built in 2 phases, c.1600 facing NE leaving cross-entry unobstructed, and C18 facing SW, blocking cross-entry. Service end of cue storey with attic, remainder raised approx. 1.20 metres in C17 and roof rebuilt, re-using smoke-blackened medieval rafters. Door of 5 flush panels in C20 tiled gabled porch, one french window and 3 casement windows, C20. On first floor, 2 C20 casement windows and one more in gabled dormer. 4 grouped diagonal chimney shafts, rebuilt in C19. Some framing exposed internally. Original rear doorway with doorhead of 3-centred curvature. Service end retains original roof of arch-braced collar construction, probably open to roof originally, now with inserted floor. Inserted floor on pegged clamps in hall, plain-chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops. Axial beam in NE bay boxed in. RCHM 6.

Listing NGR: TL7197838367