Wood Hall

Wood Hall is a large house, dating to 1579, with substantial alterations and rebuilding following a fire in 1806, likely influenced by Humphry Repton. The house is constructed of brick with plain tiled roofs and is arranged around an E plan.

The north front is two storeys and has an attic. A central, full-height gabled porch projects beyond the east and west cross wings. The porch entrance is through a square doorway beneath a pediment. Ionic and Tuscan pilasters support an entablature at the first floor, which features initials, mottos, and the date 1579 within roundels. The second floor has a renewed three-light cross casement window. Three square-panelled pinacles sit on plinths at the gable eaves and apex. A renewed three-light cross casement is in the attic. Two bays flank the porch, separated by a string course between floors and an eaves cornice. The bays to the right were rebuilt in 1806. The gabled roof has two groups of polygonal flued ridge stacks. The cross wings feature polygonal corner turrets each topped with three gable pinnacles. String courses run at first floor level. Ground floor windows are five-light cross casements with diamond studded friezes. The first floor windows are similar, but are beneath pediments containing engaged side and apex finials, with tympana containing roundels. Four-light attic cross casements are also present.

The south front is two storeys and also has an attic. The composition is centred around a full-height gabled porch, but symmetry is disrupted by a large external stack to the right and an elongated east cross wing. The main block features string courses at first floor level and below the parapet. Four three-light cross casements, dating to the 19th century, are in two bays to the left of the porch (built in 1806). One bay to the right has a chimney breast carrying a triple octagonal flue. The west cross wing is largely as on the north front, but without a pediment or frieze above the windows. The east cross wing is larger and originally mirrored the design of the west wing, but a two-storey canted bay window was added in 1806, featuring cross casements and a strapwork parapet adorned with ball finials; the apex pinnacle is now missing. Two gabled and one flat 19th-century dormers are in the roof of the main range. The east and west facades are each characterized by two prominent external chimney breasts with multiple polygonal flues.

Inside, the house retains a closed string staircase with square strapwork newels and turned balusters. Otherwise, the interior has been altered.