Lisfinny House — Tallowbridge

The saved account records: Square-headed door opening with rubble stone voussoirs, and replacement glazed uPVC panelled door, c.1990.(iii) Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone coach house, c.1790, to north-west with pair of elliptical-headed carriageways, two-bay single-storey lower end bay to left (west), and single-bay single-storey lean-to lower end bay to right (east).

The saved account records: Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1790, on an L-shaped plan possibly incorporating fabric of earlier building, 1676 – 1677, with two-bay two-storey side elevations, and two-bay two-storey return to west.

The saved account records: Extended, c.1940, comprising single-bay single-storey lean-to end bay to right (east).

The saved account records: Random rubble stone walls with unpainted rendered walls to end bay.

Lisfinny House — Tallowbridge matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A well-proportioned, substantial house possibly incorporating the fabric of an earlier medieval store house on site. Extensively renovated in the late twentieth century, the house nevertheless retains most of its original form, although the inappropriate replacement fittings to the window openings have compromised the historic character of the composition. The house is of additional significance in the locality on account of its historic associations with the Tucker and Pyne families. The survival of a small range of attendant outbuildings enhances the group and setting qualities of the site. A tower house to… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.