Tyringham Hall

Tyringham Hall, originally known as Tyringham House, is a small country house dating from the 16th century, with significant alterations in 1609. The house is constructed of coursed rubble stone, with some windows featuring rendered brick mullions, transoms, and jambs. It has old tile roofs. The main block is a three-bay design from the 16th century, with a two-story crosswing and attic. A later, two-and-a-half-bay right wing, one-and-a-half stories high, provides the entrance. The lower wing features an eight-panel door within a heavy frame, topped by a small hood supported on cut brackets, likely from the 18th century. Other bays are fitted with oak mullioned and transomed windows, with a central two-light gabled dormer above. The centre block incorporates a two-story canted bay window with three-light mullioned and transomed windows, while the outer bays have cross casements. An upper floor features rendered brick ovolo mullions, and the ground floor windows have been replaced with ashlar. Two gabled dormers also illuminate the upper floor. A string course runs above the ground floor windows, topped by a moulded timber box cornice. The left wing has a three-light mullioned and transomed staircase window, and an attic window with pigeonholes above. South and rear elevations incorporate mainly 17th-century mullioned and transomed casements, including a single 18th-century three-light leaded casement facing south. All windows are leaded. A large stone lateral stack, with a brick upper portion containing three flues, is located at the rear of the main centre block. A stone stack corbelled from first-floor level, with a brick upper portion holding two flues, rises from the rear gable of the crosswing. A stack with offsets at the rear of the lower east wing includes a brick flue. A wichert outbuilding range extends north from the east bay. Internally, the main block and crosswing showcase richly moulded doorframes with elaborate stops, including vase stops. A ground-floor room in the centre range features a four-centred chamfered and stopped brick fireplace arch. A timber-framed partition wall divides the lower wing’s entrance passageway from the rest of the house. Similar fireplaces are found on the first floor. The left-hand crosswing contains an original staircase with carved initials and the date "T.R.1609" cut into the lintel over the foot of the staircase, representing arches with a pendant boss; the lintel is chamfered. A cellar staircase is characterized by octagonal newels with pyramid finials and a moulded handrail. Timber-framed partition walls are also present in this wing. First and attic floors feature four-centred brick arched fireplaces, with the attic fireplace plastered over. Pigeon nesting boxes are incorporated into the gables of the crosswing. The roofs are constructed with two butt purlins and one collar. The right-hand wing includes an elaborately moulded inglenook lintel and a 17th-century cheese rack on the ceiling. Originally, the house extended north from the crosswing, with remnants of the walls still visible as stumps.