Wood Tenament

Wood Tenament is a farmhouse that has been converted into a dwelling. It dates back to the 16th century, with extensions added in the 17th century and early 19th century. The building is rendered over rubble and features a thatched roof. The north front has two lateral stacks with slate offsets and another tall stone stack built out on the left side, with an external stack at the east gable end.

The layout of the house is complex, as the site slopes down to the south. Inside, there is a wide through corridor with a plank and muntin screen on the right, leading to a hall with an annexe or butlery at the west end and a winder stair. To the left, there are rooms with a stair built out beside the stack near the entrance. The north front has two-storey bays with irregular fenestration, a stair turret projecting from the penultimate bay on the right, late 19th-century windows, and a 17th-century two-light ovolo-moulded casement in the end bay. The door frame in the centre right features an ovolo-moulded Tudor arch and a studded plank door. The garden elevation has seven bays, mostly with 20th-century windows, and it is possible that the wall extended further to the west.

Inside, the house is said to contain four pairs of jointed cruck trusses, and there is a plank and muntin screen to the right of the cobbled through passage with exposed joists. The hall has been altered in the 19th century, featuring an axial beam at the screens end and a lateral chamfered beam with step and run-out stops leading to a framed partition. This partition has two peaked door frames opening into a storeroom that may have extended further to the west. The grate in the hall is blocked, and there is a winder stair leading to an upper room. The round-headed door frame and timber-framed partitions include late 16th to early 17th-century painted panels, along with a 16th-century grate.

The full evolution of the house is not clear without a more detailed inspection.