Woodbrook

Detached five-bay three-storey double-pile over part raised basement country house, rebuilt 1840; extant 1844, on a Palladian plan centred on (single-storey) prostyle distyle Ionic portico to ground floor with two- or four-bay single-storey wings abutting single-bay double-height pedimented pavilions; five-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Sold, 1880. Vacant, 1901. "Improved", 1905. Occupied, 1911. "Improved", 1966. Hipped double-pile (M-profile) slate roof behind parapet; hipped slate roofs centred on hipped slate roof (east), clay or terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered channelled base with rusticated rendered piers to corners supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on blind frieze below balustraded parapet; rendered surface finish to rear (east) elevation on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed pediment on blind frieze on stepped entablature. Square-headed central door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle distyle Ionic portico approached by flight of seven cut-granite steps with paired columns on padstones supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on blind frieze on entablature below blocking course. Square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (first floor) with rendered sill, and rendered surround with monolithic pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed pediment on fluted consoles framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (basement) with concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows behind wrought iron bars. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered surrounds with "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed segmental pediments on fluted consoles framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with rendered sill course, and moulded rendered surrounds with "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed hood mouldings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with rendered sill course, and moulded rendered lugged surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed central window openings to rear (east) elevation with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing timber casement (ground floor) or one-over-one timber sash (first floor) windows. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, mullions supporting hood mouldings on fluted consoles, and concealed dressings framing six-over-nine (ground floor) or six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows having two-over-three (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) sidelights. Set in landscaped grounds.