Woodseaves Farmhouse

EARDISLEY CP

WOODS EAVES

SO 24 NE 5/98 19.8.53

Woodseaves Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably late C16, altered C18, mid-C19 and mid-C20. Timber- framed with painted brick and rendered infill on rubble base, some rubble replacement walling and machine-tiled roofs with brick ridge stack. L-plan; -main range of three framed bays aligned north-east/south-west with C20 external brick chimney at south-west end, Single-bay wing adjoins north-, west side of north-east bay and is probably an C18 addition. Part two storeys, part single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: main range has three panels from sill to wall-plate, some solid upper corner braces and a collar and tie-beam truss with two struts at the north-east end. Wing has four rows of panels from sill to wall-plate, long straight braces across the lower corners of the first floor and a similar type of truss with additional struts linked by a rail above the collar. North-west front elevation: windows are mainly C20 casements and have plank weatherings on the ground floor and also the first floor of the wing. Main part has two ground floor 3-light windows and two gabled dormers, one with a 2-light window and one with a 3-light window. Wing gable end has a 3-light ground floor window and a 4-light first floor window. Main entrance to right has a gabled balustered timber porch and a half-glazed C20 door and transom light within. Rubble lean-to outshut in angle with 2-light casement to north-west side. Also timber-framed hipped- roofed outshut at south-west gable end of main range with a 2-light window in its front elevation and a lean-to on the north-east side of the wing with a double doorway in its north-west side. (RCHM, III, p 56, item 54).

Listing NGR: SO2924449455