Wootton Park Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Probably dating from the 16th century, with later additions and alterations including those in the late 17th century, and with brick casings added in the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries. The construction is timber-framing to the north-west block, with painted plaster infill, while the rest is painted brick. The roof is covered in plain tiles. The house consists of a north-west range and two gable-ended ranges to the south-east.

The exterior is two storeys, with attics to the gables, and has five first-floor windows. The north-west range features a massive corner post to the left, with a protruding end of a spine beam, and a tie-beam to the gable end. There is exposed timber framing, including square panels on the ground floor gable end, and close-studding with tension braces to the upper stage of the front facade and gable end. The two south-east ranges show internal evidence of timber framing. The off-centre left entrance has double-panelled doors under an elliptical arch in a gabled porch. The ground floor has 4-light, 2-light, and 4-light casement windows with glazing bars. The first floor has 3-light, three 2-light, and 4-light casements with glazing bars. The attics have two 2-light metal casement windows with external latches. A farmer’s fire insurance mark is present on the upper stage, in the centre. The right gable end has two 2-light casements with glazing bars to the first floor, and a similar window to the attic. There are two rear ridge stacks.

Inside the north-west range is an original staircase that extends to the attic, with a late 17th-century handrail in part. A massive ground-floor tie-beam has ogee stops. There are some 6-panel doors, and exposed close-studding on the first floor. The attic door has HL-hinges, and the purlins are chamfered. The south-east ranges have ovolo- and cavetto-moulded beams to the first floor, and a rear first-floor room has a barrel-vaulted ceiling. There is some evidence of timber framing. Elizabethan panelling, which was reset in the house around 1940, is now located in Wootton Wawen parish Church of St Peter. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are present.