Tanhurst

House. Dating from the late 18th century, with a rear extension added in the 19th century. The house is constructed of whitewashed brick, with rendered angle quoins and a wooden modillion eaves cornice, and has a hipped plain-tiled roof. It has a plinth, two storeys and an attic, with rear stacks to the right and left. There are plat bands over the ground and first floors. The house is five bays wide, with six-pane glazing-bar sash windows in the attic storey, five 12-pane glazing-bar sashes to the first floor, and four to the ground floor, all under painted gauged brick heads. A central half-glazed door is set within a Doric pilaster/pier portico with a triangular pediment above, featuring modillions and a pulvinated frieze. A three-bay 19th-century extension is to the right. The left-hand return front has round-headed windows on the ground and first floors, and a large bay of three windows to the west. The interior features a good staircase. The house was the home of Sir Samuel Romilly, a Law Reformer, for a number of years until his death in 1818.