Wood Bevington Manor

Wood Bevington Manor is a house, now converted into flats, dating from the early to mid 16th century, possibly built for William Grey. It was significantly remodelled in the 1821 by Pain, an architect or builder. The house is timber framed; the central section has close studding with rendered infill on the first floor and 20th-century brick infill on the ground floor. The cross wings and coving are roughcast, which was originally applied around 1790. The roof is tiled, and there are brick chimneys, including a prominent external stack of stone and thin bricks with two tall, diagonally set square brick shafts to the left return side. The building follows an H-plan. It is two storeys high with an eight-window front. The main entrance, in the right re-entrant angle, features a 16th-century studded door with simple 18th-century wood pilasters, and a mid-19th-century Gothic open timber porch. The windows are mostly iron cross windows with an elaborate glazing pattern, likely dating from 1821; two small single-light windows are on the first floor in the re-entrant angles. Each cross wing has two windows, although the right wing has only one window on the ground floor. The central section has a single three-light ground-floor window. The left side has close studding, with the left end projecting, displaying two adjacent gables with decorative tension bracing. Modern windows, including a French casement, are also present. The rear and right side of the house largely date from 1821, with later alterations. A timber-framed gable is visible at the rear.

Inside, the hall has an inglenook fireplace with a moulded bressumer and a 17th or early 18th-century panelled door. A room in the left wing features panelling believed to be from the early 17th century. A room above the hall is reputed to contain 18th-century bolection panelling and a contemporary fireplace. Part of the left wing retains a roof structure said to date from around 1500. Wood Bevington Manor was a centre for Catholic activities in the 17th century.