High Park

High Park is a house dating to the late 18th century, with alterations and extensions around 1830 and further changes circa 1940. It is constructed of ashlar with a hipped slate roof and ashlar chimney stacks. The original house had a double-depth plan of five bays; a large ballroom wing was added to the east side in 1830, and extensive additions to the rear west side elevation, including a billiard room, were demolished around 1940.

The current front elevation presents a facade of 2:1:2 bays, with an additional two bays belonging to the ballroom wing. The outer bay on the first floor features glazing bar sashes with moulded architraves. The ground floor of the original part was altered in 1830 with the addition of a flat-roofed bay window to the two bays on the left and a central porch and Doric colonnade to the two bays on the right, all of which are balustraded. The bay window has a moulded cornice and a mullioned and transomed window of three lights. Behind the Doric colonnade are two tall glazed double doors with moulded cornices, now partially obscured. The central bay is accentuated by a large round-arched recess containing a round-arched, multi-paned first floor window. A porch with two Doric columns and an entablature projects beyond the colonnade and contains panelled double doors with a large transom light incorporating segmental tracery. The ballroom wing has a ground floor bay window similar to that added to the left side, and two glazing bar sash windows with moulded architraves on the first floor.

The interior of the main ground floor rooms displays revived Adam style detailing, contemporary with the 1830 alterations. The entrance hall contains a dog-leg staircase with a circa 1700 spiral baluster within a straight string. The dining and drawing rooms feature richly carved mid-18th century fireplaces re-used from another house. A sandstone datestone inscribed “A Gresley 1793” is visible on a side elevation. A sandstone ha-ha is located 15 yards in front of the house across the front elevation.