Park Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Cottage.
Park Farm Cottages
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-footing-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Park Farm Cottages is a pair of cottages located in Woburn Park, likely built by the 7th Duke of Bedford in the late 1840s. They are constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and feature 20th-century tile roofs. The cottages have an asymmetrical plan, are one storey high with attics, and are designed in a picturesque Tudor style.
The buildings include 2 and 3-light mullioned windows with cast iron lattice casements and moulded dripstones. The west and east elevations have gabled porches with moulded four-centred arches and stone coped gables topped with finials. Ashlar quoins are present at all corners, and there is a variety of chimney stacks, including one that projects from the north elevation and others located on the ridges, featuring paired diagonal shafts with moulded bases and caps. The eaves are adorned with dentil cornices.
While the cottages exhibit picturesque details, they also represent the 'utilitarian' phase of building by the Bedford Estate that began in the late 1840s and continued until World War I, during which around 500 cottages were constructed in the area. The 7th Duke recognized the importance of providing comfortable and practical housing for agricultural labourers rather than purely ornamental structures, resulting in a high standard of construction quality. The ornamental detailing may be influenced by the cottages' location within Woburn Park, near the Park Farm complex, and they share similarities with the designs outlined in the 7th Duke's Plans and Elevations.
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