Woodman'S Farmhouse

Woodman's Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the first half of the 17th century, with alterations from the 19th century and details added in the 20th century. It features a timber-framed and brick structure, with brick infill and a brick skin, covered in 20th-century render and topped with an old tile roof. The building is two storeys high with attics and consists of a five-bay house and a single-storey service wing at the rear, forming a 'T' plan. The original baffle entry plan has been altered, with the entrance replaced by a window. The facade has been partially rebuilt in 19th-century brick on the right side, which includes a single three-sided canted bay. The central entrance bay is gabled, and the left bay features one ground floor and one first floor two-light, two-pane casement window. A central axial stack with four flues made of 2-inch brick is present, and the roof is half hipped on the left side. The first-floor return showcases exposed timber framing with 2-inch brick herring-bone nogging infill, and there is a tile-hung dormer above the axial staircase. The service wing has a large external lateral stack from the 17th century.

Inside, there is a significant survival of timber framing in the left side of the house and throughout the service wing. The left bays contain a ground floor spine beam and straight braces on the first and attic floors. An axial winder staircase with a central octagonal continuous newel and wide oak boards leads from the first floor to the attic within the timber-framed bay. A central 2-inch brick stack features four-centred arched chamfered fireplaces in both ground and first-floor rooms. There are three original 3-plank oak bound doors with their original hinges and some furniture. The rear service wing, originally an open hall, is now ceiled with an attic above. It includes stop-chamfered spine beams and two substantial clasped pegged purlin roof trusses, as well as a bread oven. There is a blocked 17th-century two-light mullion window in the service bay that leads to a brick cellar beneath the house.