Woodcote Farmhouse and Adjacent Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Moat Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Woodcote Farmhouse and Adjacent Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Moat Bridge
- WRENN ID
- carved-bailey-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromsgrove
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Woodcote Farmhouse and Adjacent Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Moat Bridge, Kidderminster Road, Dodford with Grafton, B61 9EA
- OS grid reference
- SO 917 720
- Coordinates
- 52.34612, -2.1227
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodcote Farmhouse, divided into two dwellings, dates to the late 18th century with alterations in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of brick with a two-span plain tiled roof, banded with red and blue tiles. The roof has gable-end parapets with ashlar coping, kneelers and ball finials, a large ridge stack at the right end, and rear stacks with blue brick capping. The building is two storeys with an attic and cellar, and features a dentilled eaves cornice and four bays. Windows have gauged flat heads and are mid-19th century mullion and transom casements, comprising two 3-light and one 2-light windows on the ground floor, and two 3-light and two 2-light windows on the first floor. The main entrance, in the third bay, is sheltered by a mid-19th century gabled canopy with pierced scalloped bargeboards and a moulded finial on shaped brackets. The doorcase has original reeded pilasters, raised and fielded panelled reveals, a soffit, a 6-panelled door (with glazed upper panels, raised and fielded middle panels), and a barred segmental fanlight. A rectangular window with stained glass is located to the left of the door. The left side elevation features casements with cambered heads, a doorcase with pilasters, a 6-panelled door, and a traceried fanlight; a central valley gutter leads to a stone gargoyle and fountain head below. Attic lights are incorporated into the left gable end. Inside, the building retains its dog-leg staircase with a wreathed handrail and turned newels. Later additions have been made to the rear.
The garden walls, to the west and north, are constructed of brick with sandstone coping, varying in height from three to five feet. The west wall adjoins the farmhouse and extends west for eight yards before returning south for approximately 40 yards. It is interrupted by a simple gateway, north of which is a mounting block with five sandstone steps and a dog kennel in its base. This section of wall divides the garden from the farmyard. The wall returns east for approximately 50 yards alongside the main road, and is interrupted by two square rusticated sandstone gate piers with pyramidal capping and ball finials, supporting a single ornate cast iron gate. Beyond the gate piers is a moat bridge with an elliptical archway, approximately five feet wide and five yards long. It is bordered by tall decorative cast iron railings with standards topped with urn finials. The moat survives to the south and east of the farmhouse.
Local climate
Woodcote Farmhouse and Adjacent Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Moat Bridge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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