The Tan House
THE TAN HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1366549
- Date first listed:
- 25-Apr-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Tan House
- Statutory Address:
- THE TAN HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1366549
- Date first listed:
- 25-Apr-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Tan House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE TAN HOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE TAN HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ellesmere Rural
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 37570 37111
Details
ELLESMERE RURAL C.P. GADLAS SJ 33 NE 4/114 The Tan House - - II Farmhouse, now house. Early to mid-C18 with later additions and alterations. Red brick, roughcast to left gable end; slate roof with external end stacks, larger to left. 2 storeys and attic with dentilled eaves cornice; cellar. Slightly irregularly-spaced 3-window front; 4-paned sashes in C18 segmental-headed openings, blind to upper left. 2 hip-roofed eaves dormers with C20 casements. Plank door to left bay under C20 open gabled timber porch. Single-storey early C19 addition to left has C20 casement to front. Interior. Left ground-floor room has 2 chamfered spine beams and exposed joists and inglenook fireplace with chamfered segmental wooden lintel. Square panels to timber framed cross wall. Front right room has timber framed spine wall (square panels) separating it from back room (pantry). Chamfered spine beam and joists to front room, joists only to back room. Front room has inset panelled wall cupboard to left of chimney breast with mixture of H- and L-hinges. C18 staircase in left room has turned balusters to open string and plain moulded handrail. Centre wall on first floor has large square and rectangular panels. Left room divided by partition spine wall with light square panels: similar wall to right room with framing concealed by wallpaper at time of resurvey (February 1987). Wide boarded oak floor boards and panelled and plank doors as on ground floor. Oak staircase in rear left room with right-angled turn leads to attic. This has central collar and tie beam truss with vertical struts from tie beam to collar and raking struts to principal rafters.
Listing NGR: SJ3757037111
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 260814
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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