Wood House Farmhouse And Adjoining Granary

BODENHAM CP off A 417 (east side) SO 55 SE 6/5 Wood House Farmhouse and adjoining granary GV II Farmhouse and adjoining granary. Circa 1600 with late C17, mid-C18, mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Part sandstone rubble, part timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill. on rubble base: Slate roofs and large rubble ridge stack with brick shaft to main range. T-plan; main range of roughly three bays aligned north/south; with large central chimney and through-passage to north side of chimney:. Large cross-wing added at south end, (probably C18). Part two storeys, part single storey and attic with dormer and part three storeys. Framing: three panels from sill to wall-plate; no trusses visible. West front elevation: main range has a ground floor 3- light casement with a cambered brick head, a first floor 3-light casement and a raking-top dormer also with a 3-light casement. Entrance to left of central stack has a lean-to canopy on straight brackets and a door of four flush panels. Cross-wing is of substantial proportions and windows have wedge lintels; the gable end has a tripartite ground floor sash window with a central four-pane sash, a first floor 3-light C20 casement, a second floor tripartite plain sash and moulded bargeboards. There is a brick stack on the south side of the roof. In the angle with the main range is a large lean-to addition: It has a 3-light C20 casement with a wedge lintel and the main entrance which has a lean-to canopy on metal brackets and a door of three flush panels in its west side: There is a tall brick stack on its north aide: The granary wing adjoins the north end of the main range and runs west; C17, and built of sandstone rubble with a slate roof, two bays, two levels. There are external sandstone steps leading up to a ledged and battened door on its south side. Old purlin ends visible at west gable end. (RCHM Herefs, Vol II, p 16, item 31; Brian, Dr A: The Houses of the Township of Bodenham Devereux and their inhabitants in the C19 and earlier, unpublished notes).

Listing NGR: SO5502451864