Woodhouse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. A C17 House. 4 related planning applications.
Woodhouse Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sharp-latch-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodhouse Farmhouse is a house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is timber framed and plastered, featuring some weatherboarding, and has a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The building has a T-plan layout, consisting of a three-bay range facing southwest, with an early 19th-century axial stack located between the left and middle bays. There is also a one-bay original rear wing that has an internal stack at the end, and an 18th-century extension in the left rear corner.
The farmhouse is two storeys tall, with a one-storey wing beyond the rear stack that has attics, though its date is uncertain. On the ground floor, there are two mid-19th-century sash windows with 16 lights and crown glass. The first floor features three late 19th-century casement windows. The entrance includes an off-centre six-panel door with a simple canopy supported by brackets, accessed by three cement-rendered brick steps. The rear bay has a gambrel roof.
On the right side of the main range, there is one mid-19th-century sash window with 12 lights and crown glass on the ground floor. The rear elevation includes a six-panel door, with the top two panels glazed, and the right return of the rear bay has a 19th-century casement and a five-panel door, with the top panel glazed. The left return of the main range features a mid-19th-century sash window with 12 lights and crown glass on the ground floor, shaped sprockets below the eaves of the 18th-century extension, and a four-panel door in the rear bay. The rear elevation of the rear bay is weatherboarded and includes one 20th-century casement window.
Inside, the main range has jowled posts and close studding, which is mostly plastered over but visible where it is enclosed by the 18th-century extension. There is a chamfered binding beam with lamb's tongue stops, joists that are plastered to the soffits, and a 19th-century cast iron cooking range set in an early 19th-century fire surround. The rear wing has a large wood-burning hearth that faces to the rear, which has been reduced for a 20th-century grate. There are two staircases, and in the rear bay, there is a chamfered beam with roll stops. The farmhouse is located on a moated site.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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