Listed Building: TAN OFFICE FARMHOUSE (281656)

MENDLESHAM TAN OFFICE TM 16 SW 5/71 Tan Office Farmhouse GV II Originally farmhouse, later a unit house associated with the adjacent farmhouse which stands corner-to-corner with it (qv. Item 5/70). Now a separate dwelling. Late C16. Restored 1976-80. Timber framed and rendered, plaintiled roof. Originally 2-cell, end chimney house with cross-entry; service cell to right now missing. 2 storeys and attic. Small-paned casement windows, gabled porch with boarded door, all of 1970's. Stack at left gable end has plain shaft. Interior. Good quality exposed framing. Evidence for original windows, 2 secondary upper windows with ovolo mullions. Service partition at gable end shows evidence for central doorways into former service rooms. Hall ceiling has closely-spaced chamfered joists. Plain joists to upper ceilings. Roof has a single row of wind-braced clasped purlins. Listing NGR: TM1095863475