Woolley Park

Woolley Park is a country house situated within a landscaped park, dating to the late 17th century and extensively remodelled in 1799 by J. Wyattville. The house is constructed of ashlar, with rusticated pilaster quoins to the cornice and attic parapet, concealing a slate roof with a lead cupola and various stacks. It is arranged over two and a half storeys, with two-storey wings.

The west elevation features sash windows without glazing bars, set within moulded architraves with bracketed cills. The central section comprises seven bays, with a prominent three-window bow supported by two-storey-high Tuscan half-columns, a frieze, a cornice, and a wrought iron balustrade to the attic storey, which has seven casements. The outer wings have tripartite sashes on the ground floor and pedimented first-floor sashes, with those on the south wing being blocked. A central double entrance is housed within a simple architrave surround. The south elevation exhibits channelled pilasters at the quoins and between the first and second windows from the left, with four plain sashes, the left-hand one being tripartite with a transom light on the ground floor; French casements are present on the ground floor. The east elevation has plain sashes in moulded surrounds with bracketed cills, arranged in a pattern of 2-1-3-1-2. The outer wings feature tall tripartite sashes on the ground floor with transom lights, while the inner wings have tripartite sashes with a frieze and cornice on the ground floor. A central recessed portion incorporates a loggia of two Tuscan columns and two half-columns, supporting a frieze, cornice, and stone balustrade. The parapet rises centrally to support a carved stone coat of arms.

The interior includes a staircase hall with an imperial staircase featuring a scroll string, a cast iron balustrade with cross panel balusters and candelabra-shaped supporters. Arcaded recesses rise to the first floor, adorned with a bucrania frieze and cornice, leading to a dome with a large drum and lantern, decorated with scroll motifs. A large dock is built into the skirting board at the head of the first flight of stairs. The dining room features an arched recess at the serving end, flanked by doors concealing an Ionic scagliola columnar screen. A cornice displays a flower and wheatsheaf frieze, and a marble fireplace is present. The library contains a marble fireplace with acanthus and egg-and-dart ornamentation, along with fitted wooden bookshelves with bracketed cornices. The drawing room, remodelled in 1864 in a Second Empire style with Louis XVI boiseries, features a marble fireplace with paired pilasters supporting a mantel shelf with a pier glass over. Additional pier glasses and neo-Louis seize tables are also present. The doors are doubled, with inlaid recessed panels and overdoor reliefs depicting putti.