Features of interest include the early 18th-century pulpit and reader's desk, the Lord's prayer and creed mural painting, and some Jacobean carvings.

This authority was wielded not only by its rectors, who varied greatly in their commitment to the parish, but also by its landowners who served as churchwardens, and sometimes as overseers of the poor, by rotation.

As a small part in much larger estates it passed through the hands of the great aristocratic families of de Courtenay, Hungerford and Hastings.

The aristocrats were succeeded as landowners in Colwell by the local gentry – Franklin, Collins, Southcott, Marwood and Mayne – some of whose names live on in memorials in Offwell church.

It would do my heart good to have you one day to join me in those rambles over the scenes of my infancy ...Thereafter, the dual functions of Colwell Wood can be traced more readily.

[5] In 1985 Colwell Wood was acquired by its current owner who has funded research into its history, restored the Cottage, and striven to preserve its tranquillity and natural environment.