Wood Farmhouse

Wood Farmhouse is a house dating back to the 16th century, with alterations in the 17th and early/mid 19th centuries. It is timber-framed with a slate roof, originally thatched and with later Flemish bond brickwork. The house has an H-shaped plan.

The front of the house features a central 16th-century range, a 17th-century cross wing to the right, and a 19th-century cross wing to the left which incorporates part of an earlier cross wing. The 16th-century range has a central stable door, with a 3-light 19th-century casement window to the right. A large stack of two flues is located on the right side of the ridge, and a single 20th-century brick flue stack is located on the left. The 17th-century wing has two 2-light 19th-century casement windows on the ground floor and a 4-light 17th-century window with ovolo-moulded mullions and surround above. The 19th-century wing is brick-built, with a ground floor sash window of 3x4 panes with shutters on the left and a window of 2x4 panes to the right. The first floor has a window of 2x4 panes. The left-hand side of the house has sash windows of 3x4 panes on both floors, with shutters to the ground floor. The right-hand side has a ground floor doorway and a 4-light casement window to the left, with a 17th-century 4-light window with diamond-section mullions to the right. The rear of the house includes a doorway and a sash window of 3x4 panes, with a blank first floor above. A mezzanine staircase window of 3x4 panes is located on the left flank.

Inside the 16th-century portion of the house, there is a massive hollow-chamfered ceiling beam with chamfered joists featuring stepped run-out stops. The walls are close-studded with jowled wall posts that have broach end stops. A room in the 17th-century wing has a ground floor chamfered ceiling beam with an ogee end-stop and plain joists. The chimney in this room has a four-centered arch, partially rebuilt in the 1980s, and the walls are close-studded. There is a winder staircase leading up from a baffle-entry lobby. The 19th-century wing includes a staircase with stick balusters, a turned newel, and a moulded mahogany handrail. A room on the first floor of the 17th-century wing has a chamfered ceiling beam and joists, close-studded walls, and a basket-arched fireplace. Above the fireplace is a painted panel with three circular designs including laurel wreaths, painted in red ochre and blue. The room above the 16th-century portion appears to have a raised ceiling.