Woodlands

Woodlands is a house, later converted into flats, built in 1875. It is constructed from snecked Brandon Hill Grit rubble with limestone dressings, tile-hung walls, stone gable stacks, and a tile hip and gable roof. The design is of an irregular double-depth plan in a free Gothic Revival style. The building is two storeys high, with an attic and basement, and has a five-window front. The facade is deliberately asymmetrical; a central, full-height gabled entrance features a two-centred arched doorway with a hood mould and side finials, a panelled door, and side lights with trefoil heads. A four-light mullion window sits above the doorway, also with trefoil heads and hexfoils at the top. There’s a four-light attic window and a gable with cornices and corner finial blocks. To the left of the entrance is a three-light mullion and transom window, another three-light mullion window above, and coved eaves, alongside a large 20th-century four-light dormer. To the right is a block with a pent roof leading to a stair tower with large mullion and transom windows to the front and right side. Two right-hand single-storey gables each have two- and four-light mullion and transom windows. The left return has a dormer split by a chimney buttress. The rear of the building includes a wide balcony, and an octagonal ground-floor turret topped with a pyramidal roof. The irregular roof has leaded hips with iron finials and decorative ridges. Inside, the hall screen features cinquefoil-headed side lights. A large stairwell has an open-well stair with cast-iron balusters and a curtail, with a coved and panelled ceiling. The interior exhibits a well-massed and detailed composition, blending Domestic Revival and Free Gothic elements.