Woodrow Farmhouse

Woodrow Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating back to approximately 1500, with alterations from the 17th century and additions from the 18th century. The walls are plastered cob, and the roof is thatched, gabled to the left end and hipped to the right. There is a brick stack at the left-hand end, and a rubble stack with a tapering cap axial to the rear wing.

The original layout is unclear, possibly having two or three rooms with a through-passage. The hall, to the right of the passage, is small, and contains a blocked off room. Originally, the hall contained a central hearth, and the house was open to the roof, divided only by low partitions. The sequence of flooring is unclear; a first-floor screen may suggest the lower end was floored before the hall.

The house was modernized in the early to mid 17th century, by which time the hall was floored and a rear lateral stack was inserted. A gable-end stack, dateable to a late 19th or early 20th century rebuild of the end wall, is visible on the lower room. A small dairy wing is contemporary with this rebuilding, adjoining an 18th century barn that has been converted into accommodation. A staircase was inserted in the later 19th or early 20th century, where the passage had previously been blocked by an addition.

The exterior has an asymmetrical five-window front. The right-hand windows on the ground floor are early 19th century 12-pane sashes, with 9 panes to the first floor. Other first-floor windows are small-paned early 20th century 2-light casements; ground floor windows are 2- and 3-light casements. A 20th century part-glazed door leads to the passage, situated to the right of centre. A large wing extends from the centre of the rear elevation.

Internally, the lower room has two heavy chamfered beams. A plank and muntin screen remains at the lower side of the passage, with a chamfered muntin and headbeam. The hall features three ovolo-moulded cross beams. A plank and muntin screen, with unstopped chamfered muntins, is on the first floor, and both screens are likely from the 16th century.

The roof retains a complete medieval smoke-blackened structure, mainly consisting of raised crucks, including one face-pegged jointed cruck to the lower side of the passage. The trusses are open, with threaded purlins, a diagonal ridge, morticed apex, and morticed curved collars. The sooted thatch and battens are also present. The house retains a very traditional appearance with interesting features, particularly the survival of the complete medieval roof.