The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 66 SW TROTTISCLIFFE C.P. TAYLOR'S LANE 2/19 (west side)
The Tanyard
II
Farmhouse, now house. Early C16 to right, circa 1840 to left. Red brick to left, painted on 1st floor. Red brick on ground-floor to right, exposed timber-framing with plaster infilling and some curved braces on 1st floor to right. Plain tiled roof, hipped at both ends, in two roof pitches, higher to left. Centre stack, left slope stack. Catslide extension at right-hand end. 2 storeys; 4 windows, extremely irregular, mixture of glazing bar sashes (to left), side-hung and sliding casements (to right), with some surviving interior sliding shutters. Board door 2nd bay from left. Interior: Remains of the storeyed end of a hall-house, possibly the service end. Curious lean-to roof added in C16 to this end, visible inside drawing-room.
Listing NGR: TQ6408560094

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.