Woodthorpe Hall And Woodthorpe Hall Cottage

Woodthorpe Hall and Woodthorpe Hall Cottage is a house dating from the early 17th century, possibly with a medieval core, featuring 18th and 19th century additions and alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with large quoins and has stone slate and slate roofs with stone ridges. It has stone gable end stacks and two large external quoined stone stacks on the west side. The structure includes moulded stone copings with ridge finials and plain kneelers.

The house is two storeys high, plus attics in the gabled western crosswing, and is designed in an L-plan with three bays. On the south elevation, there is a moulded doorcase with a 20th century door beneath a plain fanlight. To the west, there is a 6-light recessed window with ovolo moulded mullions and a transom. To the east, there are two 3-light recessed windows with ovolo moulded mullions and transoms. All doors and windows are linked by a continuous moulded dripmould with returned stops. Further east, there is a 4-light 20th century casement window. Above, to the west, is a similar 6-light window, and to the east, there is a single 3-light recessed window with ovolo moulded mullions and a transom, followed by a 3-light 20th century casement. The western gable features a 3-light recessed window with ovolo moulded mullions and a Tudor dripmould above.

The western elevation has one 2-light and one 3-light recessed window with ovolo moulded mullions and transoms below, with two similar windows above. At the rear of the hall, there is an 18th century addition with a blocked flush doorcase and two 2-light flush mullion windows above and below, along with a 19th century extension that contains 20th century windows. The east facade of this extension is entirely from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Inside the gabled western bay, there are reportedly massive cruck beams, although these have not been seen. The ground floor features 17th century panelling, some of which has been reused, and there are 17th century fireplaces. Notably, there is a fine carved stone fireplace from the early 17th century in the dining room, which is reputed to have originated from Haddon Hall.