Whickam Park Whickham Park

Whickham Park is a house, dating from the mid-18th century, that has been divided into four separate dwellings. The house is constructed of ashlar stone with a plinth, and has a roof of graduated Westmorland slate with flat stone gable coping. It is two storeys high and has five windows. A sash window is set into the recessed doorway, surrounded by an architrave, frieze, and cornice hood. All windows have 19th-century sash windows with lintels carved to resemble voussoirs, moulded stone sills and wooden window reveals to the first-floor windows. A first-floor string, eaves cornice, and blocking course run along the building. A single-storey, canted bay window was added in the 19th century, incorporating sash windows similar to those of the main house and topped with a moulded, coped parapet with slits. The left return has a 19th-century two-storey square bay and a 19th-century porch. The interior has not been inspected. The house underwent alterations and additions in the early 19th century by Jasper Harrison, and between 1825 and 1831 was the residence of Charles Attwood, a noted ironmaster and political reformer.