The Tatt

The Tatt is a house that dates from the early 16th century or earlier, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. It has a timber-framed structure, with the ground floor featuring patched red and grey brick. The right gable end has broadly-spaced studding with red brick infilling. The first floor is tile-hung, with the tile-hanging extending below the heads of the ground floor windows. The first floor of the right gable end and the rear are weatherboarded. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has a half-hipped design. The house consists of three roughly equal-length timber-framed bays, including a two-bay open hall and a storeyed right end bay, while the left end bay is no longer present. The midrail and eaves were likely raised in the 18th century. The building stands on a ragstone plinth and features a central red and grey brick ridge stack. The windows are irregularly arranged, with two recessed sixteen-pane sashes on each floor. The central entrance has a boarded door with a flat bracketed hood. To the left, there is a single-storey 20th-century brick addition that projects slightly forward, featuring a plain tile roof, a weatherboarded gable, and two-paned wooden casements. Inside, some of the framing is exposed, showcasing gunstock-jowled posts from the medieval frame. The roof has staggered butt purlins that reuse sooted rafters from a collared common rafter or crown-post roof. There is also a small late 18th or 19th-century brick fireplace with a cambered head.