Park House is a Grade II* listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1952. A Early Modern House.
Park House
- WRENN ID
- sharp-glass-indigo
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early Modern
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Park House is a house built around 1720, with a possibly slightly earlier section at the rear. It features a red brick exterior on a plinth with a leaded, parapetted roof and end stacks. The main range has a T-plan layout with a rear wing. The house is two storeys tall, with a band at the eaves height and between the storeys. It has five flush frame hung sash windows with glazing bars in open boxing, all set within finely jointed gauged brick with segmental arches. There are four similar windows on the ground floor flanking a central doorway, which is topped by a flat hood supported by scroll brackets. The door itself consists of six panels and has a rectangular fanlight above it.
The rear range is likely older, constructed of red brick in English bond and set on a lower plinth. It has a gabled roof covered with tiles and a rebuilt stack, along with a band between the two storeys. There is one later gabled dormer, and two windows and a doorway remain in their original openings. The front range is flanked by shaped red brick walls that terminate in stone piers topped with ball finials.
Inside, one ground floor room and one bedroom are adorned with raised and fielded panelling. The ceiling of the ground floor room features a square plaster panel set diagonally, depicting fruit and foliage. The hall and stairbay include an early 18th-century plaster frieze of garlands, fruit, and flowers, along with a contemporary open-string staircase that has two flights and a landing, complete with turned balusters and square newels. In the rear range, the floor joists are exposed.
Park House is historically significant as it is associated with Oliver Goldsmith, who is reputed to have written "She Stoops to Conquer" here.
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