Tearnside Hall And Attached Stable And Barn

Tearnside Hall is a farmhouse with attached stable and barn, dating from 1686 with significant alterations in the early 18th century. It is a well-preserved example of a building combining these functions within a single range.

The farmhouse is two storeys with an attic, built of rubble with rough quoins and a slate roof. It has three chimneys with slate water tables. The front facade is defined by two continuous horizontal bands that form hoods over several chamfered stone mullioned windows, which now have modern glazing. A two-storey gabled porch is positioned off-centre, featuring a large rectangular three-light window on the first floor with a stepped hood. The mullions of this window are shaped to resemble a Venetian window design. The doorway is framed by carved jambs and a lintel bearing foliage, also hooded in a stepped fashion. Above the doorway is a plaque with a label and raised lettering reading "IAB 1686" surrounded by foliage. A plank door provides entry. To the right of the porch, another doorway has chamfered jambs extending to form an ogee enrichment on the lintel, now fitted with a modern stable door. The left-hand side elevation has a small, chamfered stone window on each floor. The rear elevation incorporates two outshuts; one houses the staircase and is roofed continuously with the main block, while the other abuts the main building under a separate lean-to roof. The staircase outshut is single bayed, while the other is two bays, both featuring two-light windows with plain reveals and chamfered stone mullions.

Inside, the left-hand ground floor room contains a large stone fireplace with moulded imposts supporting a segmental lintel with decorative cornices. The room also features 19th-century wooden Gothic panelling with cast iron cusping, which was brought from another location. The central ground floor room has a modified stone fireplace with a smooth lintel. Plank doors are found throughout, with the exception of the outshut door, which retains its upper bolection moulding, and the staircase door, which is of 17th-century style with two leaves of two panels. The open well staircase has a closed string, six short flights, two landings with square panelled newels, turned balusters, and a heavy moulded handrail. The first floor retains exposed beams and joists, with plank doors. The left-hand room has a fireplace similar to that on the ground floor and is entirely panelled, incorporating some modern work. A small four-light timber window with diamond mullions is blocked in the right-hand end wall of the farmhouse, due to the later construction of the stable.

The attic reveals a heavy, raised trench purlin collar roof with one blade cut off at the knee, incorporating a later truss bolted to the structure. The stable and barn are of rubble construction with a corrugated iron roof, featuring a small doorway to the stable and a larger doorway to the barn, with a corresponding doorway at the rear.