Woad House is a Grade II* listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1967. Houses. 2 related planning applications.
Woad House
- WRENN ID
- nether-vault-claret
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1967
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- Woad House, Bridge Street, Fenny Compton, CV47 2XY
- OS grid reference
- SP 415 522
- Coordinates
- 52.16687, -1.3938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woad House is a house that features a 14th-century wing, was dated in 1593, and has 18th-century alterations. It is constructed of regularly coursed ironstone and has a tile roof with brick end and ridge stacks. The building is designed in a T-plan, with a cross wing on the left side. It has two storeys and a four-window range. The entrance, located in the corner, has a late 17th-century or 18th-century doorway that includes a moulded eared architrave, entablature, central console, and a moulded cornice that breaks forward in the center. The door is ribbed.
The stone-mullioned windows, some of which have been partly renewed, feature hood moulds on the ground floor. The wing has five-light windows, while the first floor showcases a notable Decorated window, possibly re-set, with two trefoiled lights and a mullion that continues to the apex, along with mouchettes and a hood mould that has remains of carved stops. The main range has three-light windows to the right and above the entrance, as well as two-light windows. At the rear, the wing has a datestone that is now barely legible and no windows.
Inside, the hall includes a large open fireplace with a stop-chamfered bressumer. The broad-chamfered cross beams have stops and carvings. There is a stone four-centre-arched doorway and old plank doors. The 17th-century open well staircase features turned balusters, and the kitchen has a wide open fireplace with a bread oven.
Local climate
Woad House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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