Tarvatts House

Tarvatts House is a crosswing of a late 15th-century hall house, with additions and alterations dating to the 16th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The house is timber-framed and has been weatherboarded, with a thatched roof. The northwestern section is a two-bay crosswing, which was jettied to the southwest when recorded by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, and is now underbuilt. It was extended to the northeast in the 16th century. The roof was rebuilt in the 16th century, retaining the original coupled rafter construction, and incorporating some smoke-blackened medieval rafters. The original hall house once extended to the southeast, but that part has been demolished. The crosswing was extended to the southeast in the 19th century and substantially rebuilt in the 20th century. A 20th-century block is situated in the rear angle. The 20th-century additions include bay windows with thatched roofs along the southwest and southeast sides, and a tiled porch in the eastern angle. The southwest elevation has a 20th-century bay window, a door with a glass pane, and a casement window. The first floor has three 20th-century casement windows. The roof is hipped, with a chimney in the ridge. Some timber framing is visible internally in the crosswing, along with jowled storey posts and a cambered tiebeam. An unglazed window with two lights and a diamond mullion is present in the upper northwestern wall.