NHER 4468 (Building record) - Wood Hall

Great House of 1579. Belonged to Abbots of Ramsey.
Information from (S1).

Brick E-shaped, porch projects as far as wings. Straight gables, wings with polygonal angle shafts and pinnacles, porch has attached fluted angle columns on ground floor, pilasters on first and square pinnacles. Mullioned and transomed windows, only with pediments on first floor of wings.
Information from (S2).

(S3) shown at Repton Exhibition, UEA 1982 shows house with three storey wings and porch, two storey main block - this projects to right of right-hand wing and its gable end also has pinnacles. Pinnacles on top of each gable too. This print shows pediments on ground floor of wings also and a pedimented porch entrance. Two groups of stacks behind left-hand wing roof, and one central group.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 October 1982.

(S4) says partly rebuilt after fire in 1806, probably by Humphrey Repton. Brick and tile. E plan. North front two storeys and attic. Central full height gabled porch projects as far as cross wings, square pediment doorway. Ionic pilasters support first floor entablature with date 1579. Second floor has Tuscan pilasters to second architrave, renewed window here. Pinnacles on gable. Renewed attic window. Two bays each side of porch with string course between floors and eaves cornice. Cross casements. Bays to right rebuilt 1806. Two groups of polygonal ridge stacks. Cross wings with polygonal corner turrets with three pinnacles, first floor string courses. 19th century windows with carved friezes above, pediments to first floor. South front of two storeys and attic, also has central full height porch but massive external stack to right upsets symmetry, as does elongated east crosswing. Main block has two string courses. Two bays left of porch rebuilt 1806. External stack has triple octagonal flue. West cross wing as on north but without ornament on windows, east cross wing gable larger but originally the same, canted bay window added 1806 with ball finials etc. East and west facades have two large external chimney breasts with multiple polygonal flues. Interior has closed string staircase with strapwork square newels and tuirned balusters, but otherwise altered.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 January 1986.

In (S5) R. Silvester (NAU) notes that though supposedly built in 1579 a document of 1546 refers to the manor house of Woodhawe.
E. Rose (NLA).