High Woodfield Farmhouse, East And West

CROOK AND WILLINGTON A 689 (South side,off) NZ 13 NW Crook 23/5 High Woodfield 17/4/52 Farmhouse, east and west. (Formerly listed as farmhouse and dairy) GV II

Farmhouse, now divided into 2. 2 builds: probably C16 and a C17 partial rebuild of an older building which may have been a wing to the western hall part. Sandstone rubble with large quoins and ashlar dressings; west part of south elevation painted render; roofs of interlocking pantiles with stone gable copings, and stone, brick and rendered chimneys. South elevation 2 storeys, 3 and 2 bays. Higher eastern part now divided, with the eastern bay now part of a separate house, has 2 bays with irregular fenestration, including some renewed windows with flat stone lintels; stone surround of first-floor left window has recessed chamfer and renewed cross glazing. Traces of older windows visible. Western part has irregular rubble plinth; flat stone lintels and projecting stone sill to 3 windows, all renewed and some inserted. Right gable steeply pitched with overlapping stone gable coping, and damaged ridge finial; massive stone chimney at left and brick ridge chimmey between second and third bays of left part; massive rear chimney with offsets at right of east part. C20 porch on right return gable. Short domestic extension behind. Interior: east house has walls about one metre thick and chimney stack between bays; door with round head on west wall, now within building but formerly entrance; second former entrance in east end of north wall has chamfered square head. Ceiling with stout stop-chamfered beams and joists in western part.

Barn wing to rear at right too much altered to be of interest. Lean-to north extension and one-storey gabled south extension not of interest.

Listing NGR: NZ1432935021