Tankards Farmhouse

Tankards Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates back to the 16th century, with an early 17th century north crosswing. The hall range has had a floor and chimney inserted, and it underwent renovation in the 19th century. The building features a timber frame on a brick sill, with roughcast walls and a painted brick face on the front end. It has steep old red tile roofs.

The structure is 1 and a half storeys tall with three bays in the hall range, which was originally an open hall house, facing east. The smaller two-storey north crosswing, which includes a chimney, is located at the junction of the wings where the former cross passage was. The east front displays two small gabled dormers at the eaves of the lower part, a casement window on the first floor of the gabled wing, and three casement windows on the ground floor. There is one door located by the chimney and another door into the south bay between the windows. The south gable is faced with red brick.

Inside, the farmhouse features jowled posts, straight braces to the wallplate, and axial chamfered beams with ogee stops in the crosswing. The roofs are clasped-purlin with curved wind-braces in the hall range, and there is a squint-butted scarf joint in the wallplate.