Woodhill House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1967. House.

Woodhill House

WRENN ID
riven-alcove-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1967
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Woodhill House is an 18th century brick house that has extensive later 18th century, mid-19th century, and late 19th century extensions on the north and south ends. All the extensions are built in a similar style. The main block features red and blue brick with a parapet, a dentilled cornice between the first and second storeys, and a raised band between the ground and first storeys. It has a five-window range with double-hung sashes that have glazing bars in flush cased frames, topped with segmental heads. The doorway includes a six-panel door with a semi-circular fanlight featuring fan glazing bars, and a Tuscan doorcase with plain columns and a modillion pediment. The roof of the main block is tiled and hipped at the north and south ends.

To the north of the main block is a small two-storeyed wing with one window range, a parapet, and a Dutch gable on both the west and east fronts. The west front gable features a circular panel with the initials S C C above the date 1798. This wing is believed to have been built by Samuel Charles Carne as an officers' mess during the Napoleonic Wars. It has a five-light lunette on the first storey and a Venetian window set in an arched recess on the ground storey. The dentilled cornice and raised brick band from the main block continue across the wings to the north and south.

To the south of the main block is a similar two-storeyed wing, which has the initials F C R above the date 1868 in the Dutch gable on the west front. A late 19th century block was added to the south of this wing, featuring a small one-window range wing on each side projecting from the west front at the north end, and a block with a four-window range that has a three-light semi-circular headed window under a Dutch gable at the south end, with the initials K A R above the date 1893. The roofs of these extensions are also tiled.

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