Hall Of Tankerness

Hall of Tankerness

The Hall of Tankerness is a complex domestic building formed by two distinct phases of construction, linked by a conservatory. The original hall dates to 1550 and stands to the south, with a substantially larger hall built around 1830 to the northeast. A second storey was added to the later hall in 1910. The buildings are connected by an L-plan embattled linking conservatory positioned at the angle between them.

The original hall is a low, two-storey, five-bay rectangular-plan building with crowstep gables and asymmetrical design. It is harled. The later hall is two storeys with an attic, comprising four bays in a rectangular plan with crowstep gables and near-symmetrical proportions. It too is harled and features a three-light canted bay at ground-floor level.

To the west (rear), a curved single-storey kitchen court with an embattled screen wall extends from the main buildings, terminating in a circular-plan dairy and forming a roughly triangular service court. The structures are harled, though some coursed rubble is exposed at the dairy end.

Original Hall — Principal (East) Elevation

A rectangular flat-roofed porch spans the two central bays at ground level, with a part-glazed door featuring a small-pane letterbox fanlight and flanking windows. Each bay above contains a window at first-floor level. A glazed door appears at ground level in the leftmost bay, with windows at both floors in the bay to the outer left. The right portion of the lean-to conservatory occupies the bay to the right.

Rear (West) Elevation

A bipartite window sits in the centre bay. A part-glazed door with flanking windows occupies the right bay, with a small window to one side and a larger window to the other. The outer left bay contains a first-floor window. A service wing projects to the north on the left side.

Side (South) Elevation

This two-bay elevation has windows at ground level in each bay. A single window sits at first-floor level to the right, with the gablehead stack above.

Service Wing

The west elevation features a six-bay concave screen wall, each bay containing a pointed-arched opening, with a window in the outer right bay. The flat-roofed terminating dairy has an evenly disposed pointed-arched window. The courtyard (east) elevation is five bays, convex in form, with regularly disposed boarded doors. A window appears in the penultimate bay to the right. A stone flight with a boarded door beneath leads to the former dairy roof. A part-glazed timber dairy door with a pointed-arched traceried fanlight occupies the right side. An adjacent square-plan embattled garage stands detached to the north.

Windows and Roof

Windows throughout the original hall consist of ten-pane lying-pane timber sash-and-case, two-pane, and twelve-pane timber sash-and-case types. Small flush rooflights pierce both roof pitches. The roof is finished in graded stone slates with a stone ridge. The harled gablehead and central ridge stacks are corniced. Modern uPVC rainwater goods are fitted.

Later Hall — Principal (East) Elevation

Tall windows at ground level occupy the central bays, with bipartite windows above at first-floor level. A tall window at ground level appears in the outer right bay, surmounted by a first-floor window above. The outer left bay contains a three-light canted bay at ground level with a first-floor window above.

Side (South) Elevation

This two-bay elevation has windows at both floors in each bay. A heraldic panel adorns the gablehead above. The east portion of the linking conservatory occupies the outer left.

Side (North) Elevation

A single first-floor window appears in the left bay. Paired windows at first-floor level occupy the right bay. A small attic window sits in the gablehead, with the gablehead stack above.

Rear (West) Elevation, Kitchen Court

An irregularly fenestrated single-storey lean-to service block spans the entire rear elevation, extending north. It terminates in a square-plan embattled two-storey laundry with tall stacks. Three windows pierce the main house above the service block.

Windows and Roof

The later hall features varied glazing patterns, including small-pane triple timber sash-and-case windows and four-, eight-, twelve-, and twenty-four-pane timber sash-and-case windows. The roof is finished in graded stone tiles with a stone ridge. The kitchen wing is covered with corrugated iron and asbestos tiles. The harled main hall has corniced gablehead, ridge and mid-pitch stacks; the kitchen wing has harled, corniced tall stacks. Predominantly uPVC rainwater goods are fitted throughout.

Interiors

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey in 1998.

Boundary Features

Square-plan rubble gatepiers with corniced cope are sited to the south of the house. A rubble quadrant wall to the right is topped with timber railings. Replacement wrought-iron gates are hung from the gatepiers.

Associated Structures

A rectangular-plan burial ground to the former chapel sits to the southwest of the hall, containing a burial vault (listed separately) and an outbuilding.