Tannington Hall

Tannington Hall is a house dating to the late 16th century, with later additions around 1950. It is timber framed and plastered, with a gable end to the right constructed of English-bond red brick, possibly original. The roof is covered in plain tiles. The house is a single long range, originally two storeys high with attics. It has six windows, comprising 18th-century mullion and transom casements with 2, 3, and 4 lights. These windows have 20th-century square-leaded glass. An 18th-century doorway is located to the right, featuring a moulded architrave and a raised and fielded six-panel door. Above the door is a 4-light oblong fanlight and cornice. Mid-20th-century French windows are present to the left. The right gable end features blocked original windows, with a hoodmould over the attic opening and a moulded brick finial at the apex of the gable. The current windows are flush-frame sashes with glazing bars under flat lintols, with two windows to the main floors and one at attic level. Three substantial brick stacks are against the rear wall, each with moulded bases of two octagonal shafts, the remainder replaced with coupled square shafts of 19th-century date.

The parlour and parlour chamber contain exceptional late 16th-century ornamental plaster ceilings. The parlour ceiling has interlaced moulded ribs forming geometric patterns, along with pendant bosses, fruit, foliage, and four square cartouches filled with fruit and leaves; a moulded frieze with similar decoration runs around the wall. The chamber ceiling is divided into four by cross-beams richly decorated with fruit and foliage, each compartment featuring an identical pattern of interlaced ribs with bosses, incorporating motifs such as the Tudor rose, and designs of flowers and acorn foliage. The frieze displays flowing arabesque work. The hall has a simpler plaster ceiling with cross-moulded beams. Visible timber framing is present on the upper floor, including chamfered cross-beams to the hall chamber, an original gable end window with ovolo mullions, and evidence of other original windows. Several 16th-century fireplaces survive, the best being on the upper floor, at the left end, with a moulded 4-centred arch. A wide dog-leg staircase is located between the hall and parlour. An attic stair immediately above cuts through an original 16th-century floor with substantial on-edge joists. Most of the roof structure is concealed, but clasped and butt purlins with arched wind-braces are visible. Remains of a medieval moat are still present. The house is of group value.