Park Gate House

Park Gate House is a large house dating from the late 18th century, with 19th-century extensions to the rear service wings. It was originally built as a single residence, later divided into two dwellings, and has recently been restored to a single house. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar with slate roofs. It follows a square plan, with additions to the rear extending back to the road.

The house has two stories and five bays, arranged symmetrically, in a classical style. The central three-bay section projects slightly, topped by a pediment. A string course and first-floor sill band are present, along with a modillioned cornice and a low parapet. The central doorway has double doors and a semicircular fanlight, sheltered by a small Tuscan porch with a festooned frieze that supports a balcony with ornamental iron railings on a semi-oval plan. Above the doorway is a recessed tripartite window, with the centre light further recessed. A simple entablature decorates the windows and is topped by a recessed semicircular tympanum, featuring concentric radial patterns separated by an arched band. Sashed windows are present throughout, with the first-floor windows featuring blind balustraded aprons between the string course and the sill band. A low-pitched hipped roof incorporates ridge chimneys.

The right-hand return wall has a three-window, single-story bow fronted by a blind balustraded parapet. Above this is a blind Venetian window. To the rear of this is a three-window bay with a quadrantal side and a matching parapet. Further to the rear is a service wing of two bays by four bays, in a matching style, with a rusticated single-story porch in the angle (constructed in the 19th century). A single-story, flat-roofed, three-bay wing projects from the service wing; the windows here have recently been altered to double doors, and it is topped by a blind balustraded parapet.

The interior features a fine open-well staircase with a skylight. The front rooms and entrance hall have elaborate moulded plaster cornices. In a room to the right of the stairwell, there is unusual walnut panelling to the walls and ceiling, arranged in a parquet pattern.