Woodhouses Bastlehouse

Woodhouses Bastlehouse is a bastlehouse dated 1602, associated with William Potte, who owned land in the area. However, the building may actually date from the 16th century, with the datestone possibly being an insertion.

The structure is built of random rubble and is largely roofless, though some stone slates remain. It stands two storeys high, measuring 37 feet by 25 feet. The ground floor features a door in the north gable end, which has a slightly chamfered alternating-block surround. Above the door is the inscribed datestone, topped with a short hoodmould and a relieving arch, an unusual arrangement that may also be an insertion.

On the long east side, there are two small slit windows on the ground floor and two square windows on the first floor, which have holes for iron bars. The west side includes two 19th-century four-light mullioned windows. A doorway on the first floor in the south gable is a 19th-century replacement.

Inside, the ground floor has a tunnel-vaulted ceiling, with later stone stairs that penetrate the vault in the southeast corner.