Woodlands

Woodlands is a house that has been converted into a nursing home. It was remodeled in 1836 by architect Anthony Salvin for William Ley, at a cost of £3,100. The building is constructed of stone rubble with red sandstone dressings, and the rear elevation is partly shingle-hung, a change made in the late 20th century. The roof is covered with asbestos slate and features gables at both ends and a gable at the front right, behind parapets. There is a projecting left end stack with a low stone shaft, an axial stack with a similar shaft to the right of center, and a projecting right end stack with set-offs.

The plan of the house is approximately T-shaped, with the main block being rectangular. It has a central entrance that leads into a heated stair hall, with a short projection at the front right end. Salvin is noted to have added the hall, dining room, and drawing room on the north side, along with an oak staircase and two bedrooms.

The exterior is two stories high and features an asymmetrical seven-bay north front with regular window placement. There is a central two-story porch, and the two right-hand bays project forward, featuring a two-story canted bay window. A red sandstone cornice runs below the parapet, which has a central rise adorned with decayed armorial bearings of the Ley family. The front door is framed by a hollow-chamfered Tudor arch, with pilasters on either side that rise to a red sandstone platband at the first-floor level. The windows are plate glass 2-pane sashes, with transoms on the ground floor.

The right return of the building has two 20th-century French windows on the ground floor and sash windows on the first floor. The interior has not been thoroughly inspected, but it includes a 19th-century Tudor staircase in the stair hall. Salvin is also known for building Mamhead House in Mamhead parish, located a few miles to the northeast, between 1828 and 1833 for Sir Ralph Newman, baronet.