Description

SD 96 SW BORDLEY

18/29 Park House

- II

House. C17 with late C18 extensions. Limestone rubble, graduated stone slate roof. 2-storey, 2-bay C17 house with slightly recessed C18 added bay left and stable bay right. 2-bay house has half-glazed door in chamfered surround flanked by 4-, now 2,-light recessed chamfered mullioned windows with hoodmoulds; similar windows of 2 and 3 lights to first floor and a blocked circular window far right. An inserted date stone above the door has the letters " 1685" . End rebuilt stacks. Interior: the door opens RP RP into a narrow hall with original wall left and an inserted partition right. The right room has a large blocked fireplace with chamfered cambered arch to right gable, and 2 spine beams which continue over the partition wall into the hall. At the far end of the hall a stone half-round stair built into a rear outshut. The blocked circular window is said to have lit a bacon cupboard. Added bay to left: board door right, small square 4-pane sash left, 16-pane sash to first floor. Stable bay to right: a board door left with small square loading door above. The date stone was removed c1960 from Bleak Bank, a ruined farmhouse north of Park House and formerly the house of the Proctors. A second date stone ("T 1660 P") is built into the doorway of a wash house attached to left bay.

Listing NGR: SD9339663337

External Links

• Wikidata Q26460586

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