Wordwell Hall

Wordwell Hall is a farmhouse that dates from the 16th century and late 17th century, with an early 19th-century front. The building has two storeys, with attics in part of the rear. It is timber-framed and rendered, topped with a plain tiled roof that has two spans. The front range features two end chimney stacks and one internal stack. At the south end, there is a notable 16th-century stack located externally on the gable, decorated with diaperwork in blue headers and sawtooth shafts. The internal stack has a 19th-century rebuilt shaft that matches the style of the original, while the north end stack is mid-19th century and also in a similar style, associated with the addition of a backhouse.

The front of the house has irregularly spaced early 19th-century windows, primarily three-light, with very small panes divided by heavy mullions, and the central light is a single vertical sash. Above these windows are flat-headed hood-moulds. On the ground floor, one window has been replaced by a single-storey canted bay with a lean-to roof and large-paned sashes. There is an enclosed porch with a shallow gabled roof and a six-panel door featuring raised fielded panels.

In the rear range, some 18th-century three-light windows have square leaded panes. The front range has a three-cell lobby entrance layout, likely developed from an older end-chimney house, with little framing visible inside. The internal stack has been tunnelled through to provide access to the late 17th-century rear range. One upper room at the rear displays exposed beams and joists, with three bays and joists set on edge. At the north end of the grant, behind a stretch of wall adjoining the corner of the house, the 19th-century backhouse addition remains intact, featuring a bake-oven and brewing copper.