Woodhouse Farmhouse

STOKE UPON TERN C.P. - SJ 62 NW 6/95 Woodhouse Farmhouse - - II

Farmhouse. 1754-6, by William Baker for Charles Pigot. Red brick with pyramidal plain tile roof. Square plan, 3 x 3 bays. Gothick style. 2 storeys and attic over basement. Plinth (to south) and dentil brick eaves cornice. Central brick stack at apex of roof. 1:1:1 bays: glazing bar sashes with painted stone cills and painted segmental heads. Central break with stepped battlemented parapet and Gothick attic window with Y-tracery. Central door of 6 raised and fielded panels, with panelled reveals and soffit, moulded impost band, fanlight with intersecting Gothick tracery, and doorcase consisting of reeded pilaster strips supporting sections of entablature with paterae in frieze and open triangular pediment with dentil cornice. Side and rear elevations; some blind windows and central break with battlemented parapet and Gothick attic window. 2-storey service wing at rear with dentil brick eaves cornice. crow- stepped gable end, brick ridge stack and integral brick end stack. Interior: 4 rooms with corner fireplaces. Central stack divided by staircase. Plain interior. Panelled window reveals. Colvin, p.84.

Listing NGR: SJ6423626578