Woodsford House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Farmhouse.

Woodsford House

WRENN ID
sheer-lime-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Woodsford House is a farmhouse that may have originally been a manor house, dating from around 1600. It has been altered and enlarged at the rear in the 19th century. The original section features brick walls, mostly roughcast, a tiled roof, and brick end stacks. The building has an L-shaped plan with a rear wing on the right side and consists of two storeys and an attic.

At the centre is a gabled projecting staircase tower. The ground floor of the tower includes a three-light stone mullioned window with lead lights, topped with a hoodmould. On the first floor, there is a similar two-light window, and another similar two-light window in the attic, which lacks a hoodmould. To the left of the tower on the ground floor is a five-light stone mullioned window with lead lights and a hoodmould, alongside a deeper, possibly altered, similar two-light window. The first floor features one four-light and one three-light similar window.

To the right of the tower on the ground floor is a deep four-light window, which may also be altered, flanked by single light windows with diamond lead lights and hoodmoulds. On the first floor, there is a similar four-light window with cast iron glazing. Adjacent to the main range on the right is a single-storey block, likely added later, with roughcast walls and a tiled roof, featuring a modern four-light window. The left gable wall has a circular window on the ground floor.

At the rear, there are substantial 19th-century brick additions with tiled roofs, and the windows are mainly sash. The entrance is located in the rear range, within a gabled porch that has a pointed arched doorway.

Inside, the central ground floor room is flanked by 17th-century plank and muntin partitions. The ground floor room on the right has a large open fireplace with a timber lintel, which has been partially reconstructed. The left end room features a stone fireplace surround with a moulded four-centred arch and a 17th-century carved panel above it, along with 17th-century panelling that has been brought from elsewhere. Several ceiling beams are exposed. The first floor room on the right has a stone fireplace surround with a four-centred arch, and there are a cross and the letters IHS scratched on the stone.

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