Woolsgrove Farmhouse

Woolsgrove Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th to early 17th century, which was thoroughly remodeled in the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of plastered cob and rubble, with rubble stacks topped with 19th-century brick and a concrete tile roof that was formerly thatch. The building has been significantly altered and features a three-room-and-through-passage layout facing southeast, with a former inner room at the right (northeast) end. There are end stacks and a projecting lateral stack at the rear of the hall.

In the early 19th century, the passage was converted into a stair hall, the inner room was turned into a kitchen, and a game store was built at the rear of the inner room/kitchen. Around 1919, the hall fireplace was blocked and repurposed to serve the rear extension. The farmhouse is two stories high and has a balanced five-window front with rusticated quoins at each end.

The central late 19th-century two-storey canted bay window features large pane sashes with margin panes. To the left of center is a four-panel door with an overlight containing radial glazing bars, panelled reveals, and a Tuscan doorcase with pilasters and an entablature. There is a 12-pane hornless sash window to the right of center, with a 9-pane sash above it and another over the door. Each end has 16-pane hornless sashes with 12-pane sashes above them. All windows have granite sills, and with the exception of the bay window, all first-floor windows have upper sashes that are one pane deep.

The rear lateral stack is made of snecked volcanic stone blocks and features a moulded shoulder to the chimney shaft with moulded coping and a castellated top, which is now surmounted with 19th-century brick. The interior mostly contains 19th-century fittings, but late 16th to early 17th-century features are likely concealed. The intact late 16th to early 17th-century seven-bay roof is supported by side-pegged jointed cruck trusses, with the two-bay hall (over the stair lobby and central room) featuring cambered collars. The site is recognized as the location of a medieval estate.