The Round House (That Part In Woodford Civil Parish) And Attached Barn

The Round House and attached barn is a farmhouse built in the early to mid 19th century, with some alterations made in the late 20th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features slate roofs with modern brick stacks. The building has an L-plan layout, consisting of a three-storey round tower and two-storey blocks to the right and rear.

The tower displays a large cross-shaped rendered panel that is painted with the words 'Panorama/Waterloo/Victory/June 18/AD/1815'. Above this panel is an oculus, and on either side, there are two-light windows at both ground and first floor levels, which have stone flat-arched heads and modern casements. The tower is topped with a conical roof that includes a small railed viewing platform and a central chimney.

The block to the right, likely an addition, features a blocked door that has been converted into a window on the left side (the porch has been removed) and has three-light windows on both the ground and first floors, all with segmental gauged stone heads and modern casements. There is an end stack and a low link connecting to the barn on the right, which is built from limestone rubble and has a pantiled roof. The block at the rear, originally a stable, has been heightened and significantly altered to serve as domestic accommodation, and it contains the current entrance.

Inside, the building has undergone alterations, including the removal of the original stair. The Round House was built for the Arbuthnot family of the nearby Woodford House after a visit from the Duke of Wellington, who noted that the landscape reminded him of Waterloo. Additionally, this site was used for the filming of 'The Battle of Waterloo', directed by Charles Weston for the British and Colonial Kinematography Company in 1913.