Great Woods Farmhouse

MOLLAND SS 72 NE 14/51 Great Woods Farmhouse - 20.6.67 II Farmhouse. Probably C16, with late-C19 addition and mid-to late C20 alterations. Rendered over stone rubble and cob. Gable-ended asbestos-slate roof, formerly thatched. Rendered front lateral stack, tops of stacks of C19 red brick. Plan and development: Probably 3-room and cross-passage plan, facing west with ground falling to right. Central room with full-height projection and external lateral stack to front, probably with cross passage to right. Service room to right with external lateral stack to rear and upper room to left with entrance in left-hand gable end. C19 wing to rear of upper room with integral brick end stack and lean-to outshut to north. Late C20 lean-to porch to front, right of stack. Two storeys. Exterior: Asymmetrical front with lateral stack to right of centre. Centre first- floor C19 3-light wooden casement, and two C20 ground-floor wooden casements, 3-light to centre and 2-light to left. Boarded door to right of stack with late-C20 porch. Front stack with chamfered offsets. Left-hand gable end with first-floor 2-light wooden casement and ground-floor boarded door. Interior: Access denied. Old list description mentions open fireplaces, hall with moulded ceiling beams and joists, and kitchen with plain timber ceiling. Sawn purlin ends visible in left-hand gable end. The owner (August 1987) also reports chamfered beams.

Listing NGR: SS7962727160