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Descriptions are given below for the following buildings in Woodhouse. The buildings are in the settlement of Woodhouse Eaves. You may need to check adjoining parishes or settlements such as Woodhouse.
Please note that the records describe the salient features of each property in order to aid identification: the records are not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.
Listing covers all parts of the property and its curtilage, ie all internal and external elements whether described or not.

90, Main Street (east side) - Grade II
Cottage of C18. Render over probably brick, with 1st floor band and Swithland slate roof with right end stack. Two storeys of a 3 light casement window, that to ground floor with cambered lintel. Glazed door with simple canopy to left.
Village Pump, Main Street (west side) - Grade II
Village pump of c1850. Moulded cast iron with spout, no handle: c2m high. Stands with curved buff brick wall behind, close to right end of Nos. 2-12 Maplewell Road (listed separately).
115, Main Street (west side) - Grade II
Cottage of early C19. Render with Swithland slate roof and end stacks. Two storeys of two horizontal sliding sash windows, 3 light to left and 2 light to right. Ground floor right with cambered lintel. Central timber porch with door.
119 and 121, Main Street (west side) - Grade II
Two cottages of early C19. Granite and slate rubble stone with red brick dressings and Swithland slate roof with centre ridge, left end and rear stacks. Two storeys of two 3 light horizontal sliding sash windows with cambered lintels to ground floor. Central doorcase and 6 panelled door. On left end a gabled porch with Swithland slate roof and door and 3 light to left. On right end a 1st floor C20 window.
123, Main Street (west side) - Grade II
Cottage of early C19. Render with rendered dentilled eaves and Swithland slate roof with end and rear stacks. Two storeys of two 3 light central opening casements with cambered lintels to ground floor. Central doorcase with simple bracketted hood and 6 panelled door. Guardian fire mark above. Extensions to rear with casements.
2-12 (even), Maplewell Road (north side) - Grade II
Range of six cottages of c1850. Slate and granite rubble stone with Swithland slate roof and two ridge and two end ornamental stacks of buff brick in Elizabethan style. 1½ storeys of six lattice casement windows: 3 light to ground floor and 2 light dormers. Each pair of cottages has a large gabled open work double porch with rubble stone sides and Swithland slate roof. Casements, doors and six dormers to rear. Group value with village pump close to right end.
1, Meadow Road (north side) - Grade II
Cottage (now shop) of C18. Rendered red brick and rubble stone with brick dentilled eaves and Swithland slate roof with right end stack. Two storeys of two 2 light horizontal sliding sash windows except lower left 3 light. Cambered lintels to ground floor. Central porch with glazed door. Outshut on right end with fixed windows. Chamfered beams inside.
Broombriggs House, Beacon Road (south side) - Grade II
House of c1820 with rear wing of C18. Granite and slate rubble stone, part rendered, and hipped Swithland slate roof with brick end stacks. Two storeys of three 8/8 sash windows. Stucco lintels and sills. Central doorcase and door. Overlight with curved astragals. C19 rectangular bay on left end and 6/6 sash on 1st floor right end. Below this a one storey table extends to right. Rear wing of two storeys, painted rubble stone and Swithland slate roof with central ridge stack. Two 3 light casements with cambered lintels in centre and a door with Swithland slate canopy to far left and right. Early C19 staircase inside.
Charnwood House, Brand Hill (east side) - Grade II
Childrens Convalescent Home, now Children’s Home of 1900. Red brick with brick band, wooden cornice, and plain tile hipped roof with massive red brick stacks. Three ridge (1 coupled) and end stacks. Two storeys in Queen Anne style with mainly 6/6 sash windows and some leaded casements. Gauged brick lintel to ground floor and stone sills. Two closely set wings project to front right. That further to right has semi circular one storey former porch with leaded half dome roof. Former door blocked with window and further 1 light windows either side. Above in stone band is inscribed ‘Cooper Memorial Convalescent Home for Children’. Canted oriel bay over and projecting stack and 4/4 sash to right. On stack a tablet in stone and cut and moulded brick inscribed ‘Built by Rev. W H Cooper of Burleigh Hall, Loughborough, in memory of his wife Mary Cooper, 1900’. The wing to left has two 2 light leaded casements both floors. The wings are joined at 1st floor level by small C20 infill with similar 2 light: C20 door and window in recessed section under. To left of wings a similar 4 light casement both floors and a C20 two storey wing with flat roof and brick stack projecting forwards. On right end of main range a central two storey projection with hipped roof and 6 light mullion and transom staircase window with leaded lights. Similar 4 light casement beneath. Two 6/6 sashes both floors to left and 2 light dormer above. A 6/6 both floors and a C20 1 light window to right. On roof ridge a wood and lead octagonal open turret with weathervane. Rear is a front of 10 mainly 6/6 sashes with part glazed painted stone veranda to left, two glazed doors and two 6/9 sashes within. Balustraded top and glazed over. Canted right end to veranda of brick with three 4/4 sashes and door. Tripartite 2/2: 6/6: 2/2 and 2 further sashes to right. On roof to left three dormers: 2 light, 3 light, 2 light, the centre having curved gable. On roof ridge to right a wood and lead octagonal open turret. C20 one storey extension on right end.
80-88 (even), Brand Hill (west side) - Grade II
Range of five cottages of earlier C19. Slate rubble stone with red brick dressings and eaves, and Swithland slate roof with three ridge stacks. Two storeys of six 2 light horizontal sliding sash windows with small panes, those to ground floor with top lights and cambered lintels. At either end and between windows five open work timber porches (two joined as pair) with gabled Swithland slate roofs. Mostly plank doors. Right end rendered and to rear outshuts, C20 one storey extensions, doors and windows, some horizontal sliding sashes. Front fine and unaltered.
Stable Block and Pigsty at The Brand, Brand Hill (west side) - Grade II
Stable block and pigsty of c1875. Probably by Alfred Waterhouse for Arthur Ellis. Granite and slate rubble stone and plain tile roof with central ridge and rear stacks. Long range of 1½ storeys. Gables have decorated bargeboards from left to right: three pairs of carriage doors, door with door in half dormer above, a 2 light window, door with small dormer over, two further 2 lights, a door with door above in small gabled projection, and two 2 lights with small dormer over. Steps lead up to door on right end. A 3 light on left end, and outshut and dormer to rear. Pigsty is across the stableyard and is open and square with stone coped plinth and 14 wooden pillars supporting hipped plain tile roof with metal finial and small lucarne. Wall extends to right, forming small enclosure. Group value with The Brand Cottage, which stands between.
Brand Cottage at the Brand, Brand Hill (west side) - Grade II
Cottage of c1875. Probably by Alfred Waterhouse for Arthur Ellis. Granite and slate rubble stone with dark brown brick dressings and plain tile roof with central ridge and rear side stacks. Gables have decorated barge boards and windows cambered lintels. Two storeys. Central gable has porch with 2 light window to left and over. Ground floor 2 light further left. On right end a canted bay with 2 light over. 1st floor 1 light in smaller span behind and door and further windows on rear. Group value with stable block and pigsty at The Brand.
The Brand, Brand Hill (west side) - Grade II
House of 1875, by Alfred Waterhouse for Arthur Ellis. Minor addition of 1891 by M G Wigg. Granite and slate rubble stone with stone plinth, cornice and dressings. Stone shouldered coped gables with kneelers and most with finials. Swithland slate twin span roof with ridge tiles and various ridge, valley and end stacks, with lower part rubble stone and upper part ashlar. An irregular composition in Gothic style with two and 2½ storeys, four gables, of stone mullioned sash windows, hereinafter specified as 2 light etc. Gabled porch centre right with Gothic arch and a 2 light to each side leads to doubled leaved door. 2 light above with small quatrefoil opening over. To left a large 3 light mullion and transom staircase window over a 1 and 2 light. In next left gable a 2 light with canted oriel bay over and 1 light in gable. Further left a door with 1 and 2 lights, half dormer and then dormer above left. On far left gable a 3 light both floors and arrowslit in attic. 1 light on end and here two gate piers lead to small walled yard where doors and further windows. To right of front porch a 1 light, 2 light and 3 light, with 2 light in gable. On right end a 1 light both floors and a further ground floor 1 light in projection with side projecting stack. Rear of garden front has main range of a gable either side a large 2 light half dormer over large C20 window with Swithland slate canopy. Gable to left has square wooden mullion and transom bay of 4 light with side lights extending upwards by Swithland slate roof to canted bay with Swithland slate roof. These bays added in 1891. Gable to right has stone mullion and transom canted bay with Swithland slate roof and 3 light over. A small quatrefoil opening in attic of both gables. On left end a ground floor 1 light in projection with side projecting stack. On right end a French window with 1 light half dormer above. To right the other range slightly set back with, from left to right, a door with 2 light and two 1 lights over, a large gable with 3 light, 2 light over and arrowslit in attic, then a 2 light with canopy over, a group of three 1 lights and group of two 1 lights with 1 light half dormer and C20 2 light over. Door and two 1 lights on right end. Inside are contemporary pine staircase, fireplaces, four panelled doors and simple cornices together with row of internal bells. In a bedroom a pair of massive X beams on stone corbels.
Summerhouse at the Brand, Brand Hill (west side) - Grade II
Small summerhouse of c1875. Probably by Alfred Waterhouse for Arthur Ellis. Granite and slate rubble stone with conical Swithland slate roof. Miniature round tower standing on slope. Two doors, one blocked, below, possibly for dogs, and door above with three windows partly stained glass. Small loft with slits, probably for birds, above. Door and windows have blue brick pointed arch lintels. Stands to right of entrance front of house.
Longdale Cottage, Main Street (south west side), Brand Hill - Grade II
Cottage of c1800. Granite and slate rubble stone with red brick dressings and eaves, and Swithland slate roof with rebuilt end stacks. Both ends rendered. Two storeys of three horizontal sliding sash windows, with cambered lintels to ground floor and small panes. From left: 3 light both floors, fixed 2 light with 2 light over, 4 panelled door with gabled canopy over and 3 light both floors. 1 light casement to both floors on left end and one storey outhouse extends from right end. Door and pair of carriage doors. Outshut to rear. Group value with boundary stones of former parish of Longdale.
Former Parish Boundary Stones at Longdale Cottage, Brand Hill, Main Street (south west side) - Grade II
Two former parish boundary stones of c1800. Triangular Swithland slate stones (similar to milestone) stand outside Longdale Cottage outhouse and c50m to left. The former is inscribed on two faces Longdale: Woodhouse and the latter Newtown Linford : Longdale. They marked the boundaries of the former tiny parish of Longdale. Group value with Longdale Cottage.
Longhill Farmhouse and Barn, Brakeback Road (west side) - Grade II
House and barn of early C19. Granite and slate rubble stone with red brick dressings and Swithland slate roof with brick central ridge, left end and rear right stacks. Two storeys of two 3 light horizontal sliding sashes over two 3 light casements with cambered lintels. Door to left. Extending from left end a two storey extension, possibly former cottage, with 2 light casement over a door and 1 light. Further left from this extends a barn with door. Cambered lintels to ground floor of extension and barn. On right end a 2 light casement with cambered lintel and 1st floor 1 light in return. Two gables to rear with a 2 light casement both floors and central door. Buildings form an unaltered group.
11 (School House), Church Hill (east side) - Grade II
House of 1860. Granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate roof, finials on gables, and side and rear stacks of similar stone with ashlar flues. Two storeys of lattice casements: dressed stone sills. Central door and canopy with Swithland slate roof. 3 light casement to right with 2 light dormer over. In gable to left a canted bay with Swithland slate roof, 2 light above with stone tablet over. Inscribed ‘School House MDCCCLX’. C20 garage extension with Swithland slate roof to right. C20 extensions to rear. Ashlar bell cote and bell from roof of original school c1840 in front garden.
10-14 (even), Church Hill (west side) - Grade II
Range of three cottages of early C19. Granite and slate rubble stone with brick dressings and Swithland slate roof with two ridge stacks. Two storeys of three 2 light horizontal sliding sash windows with cambered lintels. Three doorways with cambered lintels and plank doors.
24, Church Hill (west side) - Grade II
Cottage of c1830. Granite and slate rubble stone with deep eaves and Swithland slate hipped roof. One storey of two 3 light casements with curved heads to each light. Central 6 panelled door with curved head inside C20 gabled porch. Similar windows on left end. Group value with church.
Lychgate to Churchyard of St Paul, Church Hill (west side) - Grade II
Lych gate of 1913. Granite and slate rubble stone plinth and open work timber above with hipped Swithland slate roof. Curved convex and concave stone steps and pair of wooden gates. Included for group value with Church of St Paul.
Church of St Paul, Church Hill (west side) - Grade II*
Church of 1837 and 1880. By W Railton with transepts and other minor alterations by Ewan Christian. Granite and slate rubble stone and dressed stone with Swithland slate roof and stone coped gables with kneelers. W tower and door, nave, transepts and chancel with SW and SE vestries. In lancet style with plinth, stepped buttresses and hoodmoulds with foliage label stops. W tower of 3 stages. Some rebuilding 1903. W door with double chamfered arch, double lancet above with C19 stained glass. Metal clock dial over and triple lancet bell openings on each face with parapet and pinnacles. Two blank lancet slits on N and S faces and further clock dial on N face. Inside, between tower and nave, door with glazed iron grille at 1st stage level. Nave has three lancets either side with late C19 and early C20 stained glass. Roof of five bays of false hammerbeam collar truss type on battlemented stone corbels. N and S transept two bay arcades with double chamfered arches on circular piers. Four lancets and small W door to N and three lancets to S with openwork timber roofs. Stained glass of c1880. Moulded chancel arch with hoodmould and label stops. Either side of arch supported by small marble column on fluted corbel. Two lancets to N side of chancel and one to S with organ arch. Stained glass of late C19 and early C20. E window of three coupled lancets, centre taller, with marble columns and foliage capitals. Fine C19 stained glass. Wagon roof and 6 light brass chandelier. Coloured floor tiles probably Minton in chancel and head of nave. Contemporary font, carved pulpit, brass lectern and pews. SW vestry with gabled roof, SE of 1910, flat roofed with parapet. Fine prominent position on rocky outcrop.
The Vicarage, Church Hill (west side) - Grade II
Vicarage of c1840. Probably by W Railton. Granite and slate rubble stone, with stone dressings and Swithland slate roof with stone coped shouldered gables and three ridge and side stacks whose top flues are of dressed stone. Two storeys in Tudor style with stone mullion sash windows, stepped clasping buttresses to porch and battlemented parapet. Entrance on left side with two storey projecting porch to left. Stone Tudor arched doorway with glazed door and 4/4 sash over. Projecting stack to right and similar ground floor sash. Front facing road has gable to left. Polygonal stone mullion bay with 3 light over and blocked one light in gable. Similar 3 light to right and 2 light over. On far right a C20 window with half dormer over. This is a 2 light casement with stone coped shouldered gable with kneelers. To rear amongst others a staircase window with panes forming pattern.
Beacon Cottage Farmhouse and Barn Range to rear, Dean’s Lane (north side) - Grade II
House and barn of earlier C19. Granite and slate rubble stone, house with red brick eaves and dentilled band, barn with red brick dressings. Swithland slate roofs, house with conical roof and central round brick stack with dentilled top. House of two storeys and basement on circular plan: mostly round arched 2 light casements with top lights. Gabled porch with side lights and casement either side and over (this later: blocked opening either side). Further to left a 3 light in basement and towards rear a 2 light each floor. To right a 3 light casement and door in basement and ground floor 2 light. Extending from rear a long L plan barn range with casements next to house in house extension and various doors and openings, some with rounded frames. The buildings form an attractive and unusual group.
Lower Broombriggs Farm, Benscliffe Road - Locally Listed
Farmhouse & Barns arranged around Farmyard. Currently empty but rumoured to have been re-possessed by ‘lender’ and now occupied by squatters. All buildings neglected. Barns and outbuildings ‘at risk’. Generally, perhaps Late C18 in origin but with many later interventions. Barn on NE side of yard restored C20 for use as a dwelling. Plain Vernacular styling. Mountsorrel granite with red brick quoins and shallow arched openings. Some openings with stone frames. Slate pitched roofs, some barns clad with corrugated asbestos. House, 2 storeys. Assorted timber casement windows
Nanhill, Nanhill Drive - Locally Listed
Private House. Perhaps Late C19. Plain Domestic Revival styling. Red brick. Clay tile pitched roof with gable on L. 3 storeys including roof space. Small paned vertical sash and casement windows.
Hangingstone Lodge, Breakback Road - Locally Listed
Originally Lodge to Hangingstone Farm. Now a Private House. Mid C19. ‘Picturesque’ Gothic Revival styling. C20 interventions. Random Mountsorrel granite. Stone framed openings under dressed granite pseudo arches. Multi gabled steep pitched Swithland slate roofs arranged around a central ‘pyramid’. Deep eaves. Decorated timber barge boards. Blue clay ridge tiles. ‘Pyramid’ roof crowned by massive dressed stone ridge stack with corbelled head and random granite plinth. Single storey. Asymmetrical cruciform plan. Composition spoilt by replacement casement windows
155, Maplewell Road - Locally Listed
Substantial Private House. Built c1900 but much extended throughout C20. Domestic Revival styling. Random Mountsorrel granite and render with half timbered gables. Multi-gabled hipped and pitched roofs, part slate and part plain clay tiles. Complex assymetrical plan suggests original hipped roof cottage much enlarged by a number of ‘sympathetic’ C20 extensions
201 & 203, Maplewell Road - Locally Listed
Pair of Cottages. Originally built as tied accommodation for workers on Maplewell Grange Estate. Recently sold into private ownership and currently empty. Built 1900. Domestic Revival styling. Mountsorrel granite with stone quoins. Brick dressed openings under shallow brick arched heads. Multi-gabled steep pitched plain clay tile roofs with pitched roof dormers. Deep eaves. Elaborate Tudor style brick gable stacks. 2 storeys including roof space. ‘Lean to’ entrance porches carried on decorated timber frame. Small paned casement windows.
Maplewell Farm, Maplewell Road - Locally Listed
Originally a Farm on Maplewell Grange Estate. Cluster of Late C19 Vernacular buildings, contemporary with Maplewell Grange. Cottage style farmhouse may be later or perhaps substantially extended. Generally, random Mountsorrel granite with mellow red brick quoins and window dressings. Swithland slate pitched roofs. Farmhouse roof penetrated by low dormers with shallow mono-pitch slate roofs. Decorative ridge crowned by curious lead clad spike with conical cap. R of spike appears to be C20 extension. Round brick arched openings to outbuildings. Lintols? to cottage openings. Casement windows appear to be clumsy replacements.
Maplewell School, Maplewell Road - Locally Listed
Originally Maplewell Grange and built as a Private House. Designed by C Granville Barker. Acquired by Leicestershire County Council and adapted as a School for ‘special needs’ children. Late C19 (c1888) with C20 alterations. Tudor/Gothic Revival styling. Mountsorrel granite with stone dressings to openings and blue brick string courses. Multi-gabled pitched Swithland slate roofs with pitched roof dormers. 3 storeys. Red brick Tudor style stacks. Casement windows with stone mullions and transomes. Adjacent single storey ‘Stable Block’ with ridge mounted ‘clock tower’ surmounted by lead clad domical roof.
Main Gate Lodge, Maplewell School - Locally Listed
Originally Lodge to Maplewell Hall. Now Staff House. Late C19. Tudor / Gothic Revival styling. Mountsorrel granite with stone quoins and window surrounds. Multi gabled pitched Swithland slate roofs with single half dormer to each of front and rear facades. Central granite ridge stack. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical cruciform plan. Generally, casement windows with diamond paned leaded lights. Pitched roof chamfered bay windows on GF to each gable.
East Gate Lodge, Maplewell School - Locally Listed
As Main Gate Lodge but ‘L’ shaped on Plan

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