Park Cottage Park House

SK 13 SE PARISH OF SUDBURY MAIN ROAD 3/65 (West-Side) Park House and Park Cottage GV II

House and attached cottage. Early C18 and c1875 by George Devey. Red brick with burnt brick headers and blue brick diaper work. Timber frame. Plain tile roofs. Three brick gable stacks and three lateral stacks, one with three diamond plan shafts Stone coped gables with moulded kneelers to Park House. Two storeys. First floor brick band to C18 part. Four bay north elevation of two plus two. Park Cottage to right has a central doorway with panelled door, flanked by 2-light casement windows with leaded lights, under flat arches. Two similar 2-light windows above. Park House to left is taller. Doorway to right with segment head and panelled door. Three light casement window to left under segment head and canted bay window to left again of 1-3-1 lights. Two 2-light windows above under segment heads. Two roof dormers above with hipped roofs. Additions by George Devey to south and east of Park House. Each elevation has a gabled two storey timber framed porch with open balustrade to ground floor, the upper floor coved out, with a 4-light window. South elevation has a projecting gabled bay to right with diaper work, a 4-light casement window to each floor, the lower one with segment relieving arch, the upper with wedge brick lintel. Blind circular window in the gable. Timber framing continues to left on upper floor. Lower Projecting gabled bay to left. Park Cottage has an inscription T Coxon 1878. Coxon was the estate manager or Clerk of Works at the time, to the Sudbury estate. Source: Original drawings in the Vernon Estate Office.

Listing NGR: SK1581032406