The Woodlands

The Woodlands is a detached house built around 1845, with later additions mostly from around 1920. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a double-pitched concrete double Roman tile roof that is hipped to the north-east, with stacks located on the south-west side, which serves as a plain party wall. The house has a double depth plan and stands three storeys high with a cellar, presenting a one-window front. A coped parapet and cornice encircle the building, with the parapet rising to meet the stacks.

The windows are designed with horns. The original entrance is located in the north-east facade, which was intended as the terminal wall. The current entrance is found in a lower square-plan two-storey porch on the north-west facade, which was originally the rear and has been extended to the right. The original door has been repositioned to the left of the porch, with a plate glass sash window to the right, below a 20th-century blind window.

On the main block, there are two-light casement windows on the second floor, and to the right of the porch, there is a six-over-six pane sash window on both the first and ground floors. The south-east rear facade, which was intended as the front, has a central section that steps slightly forward and features a three-over-three pane sash window on the second floor. The first floor has a late 19th-century two-over-two pane sash window, accompanied by a wider trellised cast iron balcony that includes three vertical key-pattern inserts and lead ornaments, along with a boarded platform and paired cast iron supports. The ground floor has an eight-over-eight pane sash window and a plank door leading to the cellar.

Historically, this house may have been intended as the first of a planned terrace on this sloping site. It appears on a map from 1848 but is not shown on a map from 1841.