Tan House is the family home of Peter Chamberlain and Christie Arno. We arrived in 1979, Christie to establish a residential Medieval Field Study Centre, and Peter to make his sculptural furniture in the Trap House. An informal hospitality welcomes guests to our interesting 17th Century "post-restoration" house, (of Charles II that is!) Built by a prosperous tanner, it was described as a "premium tannery in the kingdom"

but by the 19th Century it had become a farm house. Around the house, 14 acres includes new woodland, meadow, ponds and Valley Brook. Plenty of wild life, even a party of "wild" boar last year, while Christie tussles with her amateur and idiosyncratic garden. B&B accommodation has been available since 1990, and many of our visitors return often!