Park Farmhouse

TM 1540 WHERSTEAD THE STREET (east side) 5/30 Park Farmhouse 22.2.55 - II House, now 2 dwellings. Probable later C17 front range with late C18-early C19 additions to rear and remodelling. Timber-framed pebbledashed in panels with plain tile roofs. Brick stacks. Remodelling in Gothick style. 2 storeys. Front range: 3-cell lobby-entry. Gabled porch. Ogee-arched casement windows and two small case- ments of c1985. Central stack. Hipped roof. Garden front: front range incorporated into symmetrical composition of 5 bays with central slightly-recessed entrance bay. Doorcase with pilasters, open pediment and pointed fanlight. Pointed 2-light windows with Y-tracery throughout. Each part separately hipped-roofed. Interior, front range: Framing including jowled posts and wall plate exposed. Blocked 4-light mullion window to studded rear wall. Rear range: Late C18-early C19 features include wall niches and dentilled cornice. 6-panel doors and plain pine staircase with ramped handrail.

Listing NGR: TM1566840541