Woodhouse Farmhouse

Woodhouse Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse, with some alterations made in the mid-18th century, and later additions and alterations. The structure is timber-framed, with roughcast rendering to most of the exterior, and a hall range rebuilt in red brick. It has plain tile roofs. The farmhouse is arranged in an L-shape, comprising a long hall range and a taller gabled cross-wing projecting to the rear on the left. The hall range is one storey with an attic, featuring a dentilled eaves cornice. The cross-wing is two storeys with a gable-lit attic. The hall range has late 20th-century casement windows – one to the left and two to the right – of a 19th-century gabled brick porch, which itself has 20th-century windows. There are two 20th-century casements to the gable of the cross-wing on the ground floor, and one 19th-century segmental-headed casement in the attic. A red brick ridge stack is located to the right of the porch, and an integral lateral stack is set into the left wall of the cross-wing. The rear of the hall range has a floor band and a 17th-century plank door, positioned directly beneath the stack to serve as a baffle entry. A mid- to late 19th-century brick lean-to extends to the left and has a rounded corner. The rear of the cross-wing reveals vertical timber posts to the top of the right wall; this area is largely concealed by a tall, shallow 18th-century brick lean-to built in the angle between the ranges. The interior has not been inspected but is reported to feature chamfered ceiling beams and timber framing to the cross-walls. Group value is evident as a building that contributes to the character of its rural setting.