Lower Wooda Farmhouse

Lower Wooda Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 16th century, although earlier fabric may be hidden within. It has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of rendered stone rubble and cob, topped with a thatched roof featuring gable ends. A tall, rendered lateral stack at the front has a projection for a bread oven, while there is another rendered stack at the left gable end.

The farmhouse has a three-room and through-passage plan, with the lower end on the left divided to create a small rear room. The front room was probably originally a parlour, and the dairy is located at the upper end beyond the hall. A 20th-century staircase is situated in the wide passage. There are solid wall partitions on each side of the passage and between the hall and dairy. Notably, when the 17th-century panelling was removed about eight years ago, a fireplace was uncovered at the upper end of the hall, with the shaft of the stack having been demolished at that time. The length of the hall suggests that it may have originally been partitioned at the upper end to create an inner room in the 16th century.

The exterior of the farmhouse is two storeys high with a four-window range. The windows are 20th-century casements with two and three lights. There is an early 20th-century porch featuring a tiled gabled roof and an ogee-shaped lintel above the outer doorway.

Inside, there is an unusual shoulder-headed doorway between the hall and the inner room, which has a chamfered surround. The hall features a flagstone floor, two chamfered cross ceiling beams, and a bressumer at the upper end with hollow step stops. The hall fireplace has a thin chamfered lintel with straight-cut stops and includes a large brick-lined bread oven. The dairy fittings and tiled floor remain largely intact. The roof structure was completely replaced in the 19th century. Additionally, there is a small wood shed attached at a right angle to the rear left end of the main range, which has a hipped thatched roof.