Park House

Park House is a house dating from around 1860, though it may incorporate elements from the 18th century. The house is constructed of brick with pebbledash, stone copings, mouldings, and dressings, and has a flat roof hidden behind a crenellated parapet, incorporating stacks. It is built in a mock castle style with an irregular but roughly rectangular plan. The front elevation has six windows and two storeys, with a tower rising to three storeys to the right of the approximately central entrance. The tower features pseudo-machiolations and a small bartizan at the angle immediately to its right. The windows are labelled stone mullioned, with sashes and casements. A transomed bay is located to the right of the entrance, and there is an oriel above it, supported by moulded corbelling. The front door is set between flanking, narrow windows with a continuous label, which steps up over a bas relief stone coat of arms imitating those of Elizabeth I. Stone lion and griffin carvings flank the entrance steps. The interior features a full-depth hall with diagonally laid encaustic tiles. The house was built for Colonel G.S. Tudor, a supporter of the Rifle Volunteer Movement, which likely influenced the castle-like style. He also constructed Fort St. George nearby – a separate, non-listed building – where troops were marshalled and exercised.