Tayler'S Farmhouse And Attached Garden Wall, Former Malthouse And Wine Cellar

Tayler’s Farmhouse is a house with attached malthouse and wine cellar, built in the late 18th century, with additions and alterations in the early 19th and mid-to-late 19th centuries. A weathervane dated 1831 marks the early 19th-century work. The property also incorporates a former malthouse and wine cellar, probably dating to the late 18th century.

The building is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, with an ashlar facade. The earlier part of the house has a stone slate roof, while the early 19th-century section has a slate roof. The malthouse is built of coursed squared limestone with a slate roof. The house has an 'L' shape, with an 'L' shaped malthouse attached to the rear left. A large wine cellar lies beneath the garden at the rear of the house, accessible through the malthouse buildings. A separate attached building, Stable End House, is not of special interest.

The left side of the house is late 18th century and features a gablet above a 16-pane sash window on the upper floor. There are two further 16-pane sashes to the ground floor. A part-glazed 6-panel door, with the upper two panels glazed, is set within a dressed stone surround and is protected by a flat stone canopy supported by wrought iron elements rising from ground level. A two-pane sash window with horns is located to the left. The right side of the house, built in the early 19th century, is three storeys high and has a three-window facade with 16-pane sashes within plain architraves and keystones, with decorative bands between each floor. A former central 6-panel front door has been relocated to the off-centre left, with the upper two panels glazed, and is flanked by Doric pilasters and a moulded stone hood. A moulded stone cornice supports a parapet. To the right is a low limestone garden wall with an iron railing, three ashlar piers (two engaged), and ball finials. A rectangular three-storey bay projecting from the right-hand return is lit by four-pane sashes with horns. A mid-to-late 19th-century extension at the rear also has four-pane sashes with horns. Gable end stacks are present on the earlier part of the house. The pyramidal roof of the early 19th-century section has a banded ball finial and a dated weathervane.

The malthouse contains a drying kiln and at least one malting floor. Access to the wine cellar is gained through the malthouse. It includes two flights of brick steps leading down to the cellar, with sloping ground on either side of the steps. The cellar measures approximately 10 metres by 20 metres and is roughly 6 metres high, featuring two four-bay basket-headed arcades with square stone piers and barrel vaulting. A blocked exit is also present.