The Remains of Tanners' Hall

A C13 town house, taken over by the Company of Tanners in 1540 and used as a tannery until the C18, it now (2015) survives as a ruin.

MATERIALS: mainly stone and brick.

PLAN: a rectangular building on an east to west alignment.

DESCRIPTION: three walls remain and these incorporate medieval building fabric, including some fragments of doors and windows. The building measures 10.2m east-west and 5.25m north-south. The east and west walls are each 0.5m wide, and the north wall is 1.1m wide. The walls stand up to circa 3.7m high. The north wall contains the largest surviving sections of medieval walling, with over half remaining. Some timber joists and lintels remain intact and the position of early windows can be seen in the north wall including a surviving mullion window on the left-hand side and an opening below. In the centre is a large rectangular opening with a concrete lintel has been punched through in the C20 and a further opening to the right. The east wall, which has largely been rebuilt, also retains medieval fabric. Part of the gabled medieval west wall has been incorporated in the post-medieval fabric. The south wall no longer exists above ground level.