Description

RICHARD'S CASTLE CP

RICHARD'S CASTLE

SO 46 NE
3/127

The Tan House

II

House. C15, with early C19 alterations, restored late C20. Timber-frame
with rendered infill on a C20 brick plinth, underbuilt in painted brick
with tile roof. T-plan, cross-wing aligned east/west, with hall range
to north, lateral stack on cross-wing. West front has gabled cross-wing
to right, formerly jettied, two storeys with a 2-light casement over a
3-light casement. Range to left of one storey with attic lit by a gabled
dormer. Ground floor has a single-light casement to left, a 3-light casement
to right. Entrance in angle has a lean-to C20 tiled porch. Framing
three square panels high, much restored. West gable of cross-wing has
curved angle braces to cambered tie-beam and three struts to collar with
trenched purlins. Interior not inspected, but hall range reported to have
a smoke-blackened roof. (RCHM, 3, p 174, no 19).

Listing NGR: SO4952669540

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26461063

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey