Wood Farm

Wood Farm is a house, originally a farmhouse, dating to the early 18th century, with additions and alterations in the early 19th century and late 20th century. It is constructed of rendered rubble with brick stacks and an asbestos-cement slate roof. The plan comprises a near-symmetrical later range attached to a cross-passage, beyond which are two principal rooms, the first of which has a fireplace. A former gable wall was opened up at ground level to extend the outer room into an original outbuilding. The original staircase position is unclear, having been replaced by two lateral staircases adjacent to the front wall. The main roof is higher than and at right angles to the later range, and an outbuilding extension to the left is at a lower level.

The exterior is all two storeys, with various casements, largely from the late 20th century set in concrete sills, although some original sashes are present in the later block. The older range, on the entry side, features two widely spaced two-light windows, one from the 18th century, above a full-width lean-to, partially glazed, beneath a glazed door. An area of exposed rubble is visible to the left. To the left is a unit with a laylight and a small two-light window; the return gable has a three-light window, part of which is clad in asbestos-cement, and glazed doors. A brick stack is located near the left gable. To the right of the entry is a projecting plain gable of the later range, covered by a lean-to roof. The west front has 16-pane sashes, including careful replacements at ground floor, and a central 12-pane window above a recessed glazed door in a pilaster doorcase with panelled linings and a full entablature, made of stripped softwood. Brick apex stacks are present on each gable. The right return has a plain gable flush with the wall of the older range, which has three casements above two and a glazed door under a small gabled porch; the entry appears to have been originally from this side.

The interior features a cross-passage with 20th-century quarry tiles. To the right is a large room, originally divided into two with a central passage, and featuring a 19th-century fire surround and cast-iron grate flanked by full-height cupboards. To the left of the passage is the former kitchen, with a deep recessed fireplace to a segmental head and a square opening to the right, possibly to a former oven, now a plain recess. A rough chamfered central beam is present. Straight staircases rise from the room, one with an early casement at the landing. The first floor contains little of interest. The front range retains a small 19th-century fire surround with a good cast-iron grate in the room to the left. Various stripped softwood panelled doors are present at each level, including pairs on both levels either side of the main living room fireplace. The roof of the early block was inspected and shows a four-bay structure with lightweight collar and tie trusses, crossed apexes, two purlins, and replaced rafters.