The Park

DONINGTON STATION STREET TF 23 NW (north side) 2/33 The Park (formerly listed as 7.2.67 Park House) II Incorrectly shown as Park House on the OS map. House. Early C18, altered and refronted c.1815. Lined stucco, hipped Collyweston slate roof with lead dressings, deeply overhanging eaves, axial rendered ridge stack. T-plan with rear service range. 2 storey plus cellar, 5 bay front with plinth, first floor band, advanced central bay. Central 6 panel door with lions head door knocker, panelled side panels, traceried petaloid fanlight. Fluted Doric portico with columns in antis, flanked by pairs of tall glazing bar sashes with contemporary louvred shutters. To first floor 5 glazing bar sashes. On the side front a canted ashlar bay window, with cornice and guilloche panels beneath the windows. Interior. Fine stick baluster stair, wreathed mahogany handrail, carved cut string. Egg and dart cornice, paterae and leaves, central leaved circle. 6 panel doors and reveals. Diamond set flagged floor to hall. Both front rooms have moulded cornices, shutters and one has white marble fireplace surround with roundels and C19 tiled sides. To first floor is a mid C18 cupboard door and panel and stone fireplace surrounds. On the first floor landing is a wide flat archway which supports the central stack. One early C19 fireplace in a front bedroom with harebell chain and papyrus fluted architrave. The kitchen has large fireplace arch, flanked by semi-circular headed arches. The cellar is early C18 with simply chamfered beam and a leaded 3 light window. The house was built for the Gleed family, whose early C19 monuments appear in the church.

Listing NGR: TF2032535661