Woodhouse Place

Woodhouse Place is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the 17th century and early 18th century, with alterations and additions made in the late 18th century for Major Rooke, along with 20th-century changes. The building is constructed of sandstone with ashlar dressings and features slate hipped and gabled roofs adorned with four castellated stacks and Gothick finials. It has a battlemented parapet and quoins, arranged in a double range plan with a two-storey, five-bay front.

The entrance is off-centre, featuring a door set within a four-centred arched surround, accompanied by a projecting porch in the Gothick style, supported by cluster columns and topped with a battlemented parapet and Gothick finials. To the left of the entrance is a three-light shallow canted bay window with casements, while to the right is a larger 20th-century bay window with four metal casements and central double glazed doors, also topped by battlements. Further to the right is a 17th-century three-light chamfered mullion window. Above the entrance are five late 18th-century pointed casements, each with two lights and Y-tracery, framed by plain ashlar surrounds.

The west front has two bays, featuring two two-light casements below and two late 18th-century pointed casements above, each with two lights and Y-tracery, also with plain ashlar surrounds. The rear facade displays very irregular fenestration, including two large early 18th-century glazing bar sash windows with ashlar shouldered surrounds and keystones, along with three late 18th-century flush mullion casement windows.

Inside, the south-east ground floor room boasts a high-quality early 18th-century stone fireplace decorated with a fluted keystone, with two similar fireplaces located upstairs. A large stone Gothick fireplace with an ogee top and a smaller Gothic fireplace are also present. Most doors are early 18th-century two-panel doors with L-hinges. Various beams, mostly boxed in, are likely early 18th-century. Most windows are fitted with panelled shutters. The staircase is probably late 17th-century, although it has been boxed in with 20th-century panelling.