Glebe Farmhouse

Glebe Farmhouse is a manor house or lay clergyhouse dating back to around 1260-1320, with significant alterations and additions in the 16th and 18th centuries. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone and has a 20th-century plain tile roof. Originally an open hall with a cross passage, it later evolved into a four-unit dwelling.

The elevation facing the churchyard has a six-window range of leaded casements, each set beneath a wooden lintel; some windows contain crown glass. The central two bays represent the oldest part of the building and feature a two-centred arch doorway with chamfer, roll moulding, and a hood mould, containing a studded plank door. Three single-stage buttresses sit between the central bays. Ashlar gable parapets are visible to the left of the centre bays and at the end of the right-hand range. There are three levels to the ridge and eaves. A brick and stone stack is located to the left of the centre, while an ashlar stack with a moulded cornice tops the right gable end. A brick stack is at the left end. The rear elevation is similar in appearance, with a studded plank door to the right of the centre, also beneath a wooden lintel. Leaded casements are present, again with wooden lintels, and a jamb of a medieval window is visible to the left of the centre range.

Inside, the cross passage contains a winder stair against a stack. A closet at the far left of the passage has a 16th-century plank and muntin screen. The hall, now a drawing room, features a large 16th-century open fireplace with a bressumer, 16th-century moulded ceiling beams, and a 17th-century panelled door. The end wall opposite the cross passage displays two large arches with subsidiary trefoil arches, supported by a fine central corbel carved with a fleur-de-lys. The upper part of the arcade has been incorporated into the first-floor rooms. A straight flight of stairs connects the hall and the room furthest left. The kitchen, situated at the far right, retains remains of an open fireplace with a bressumer. A first-floor room has a fine 17th-century fireplace with a four-centred head and an early cast iron firebasket. Plank doors are found throughout, some with strap hinges. A game larder is located above the cellar stair. Evidence suggests the presence of raised crucks in a first-floor room.

Historically, if a manor house, it was likely held by the Trayle family; alternatively, local tradition suggests a college of secular priests was once located at Woodford. The central range is a late 13th-century hall with a stack inserted into the screen passage in the 16th century, also subdividing the hall at that time. The range to the right is probably 16th and 17th century, built on the site of former service rooms, while the range to the left dates to the 17th and 18th centuries.