 WD are the initials of William Durtnell and the letter D, looking like an inverted Q, is the Gothic form of the letter.ETA 69 (ETA is a mistake for "aet", "aetatis suae") means he was 69 years old when the house was finished.In 1678 it was owned by an Edmond Woodgate and he left it to his nephew Thomas Woodgate, a yeoman of Farningham, who left it to his wife.