Foliejon Park

Foliejohn Park is a large country house situated within parkland, including a lake. It was originally built in the late 18th century and subsequently altered and extended during the 19th century, with further alterations in the mid-20th century. The house is constructed of painted render, with a slate hipped roof in part and a flat roof in part. The plan is irregular, with a service wing positioned on the south-west side.

The exterior is two storeys high, featuring a string course at first floor level, a heavy cornice with egg-and-dart enrichment and a blocking course, and several chimneys topped with corniced heads and tall Doulton pots. The sash windows have glazing bars, moulded architraves, and bracketed sills; some windows incorporate moulded cornices and pediments.

The south-west front, serving as the entrance, is symmetrical, with a central five-bay section and a prostyle Ionic porch enclosed in the 20th century and housing a glazed double door under a round arch. Projecting wings flank the main block, forming a courtyard open on the south-west side; the wing on the left has a splayed end, while the wing on the right has a flat end. Both wings have four windows facing the courtyard.

Inside, the entrance hall is distinguished by Ionic columns supporting a dentilled entablature, moulded skirting and dado rail, and a moulded dentilled ceiling cornice, enriched with egg-and-dart ornament. A dog-leg staircase features barley sugar balusters and a moulded handrail. The first ten treads of the staircase have been altered to create a curved approach to the straight flight above. Panelled doorcases, each with a moulded, eared architrave, frieze and pediment, all richly ornamented with foliage, egg-and-dart, and bead and reel details, are located at each end of the hall. One room contains a marble chimneypiece with a cast iron grate, engaged colonettes with an entablature, egg-and-dart ornament, and a centre panel in a plain frieze carved with a Greek male head. The dining room has similar moulded skirting, dado rail and ceiling cornice, again with a marble chimneypiece and cast iron grate, featuring foliated console brackets, rose corner blocks and a moulded mantelpiece. The sitting room is similar but with a grey and white mottled chimneypiece and hearth, also with a cast iron grate. The study and dining room display wooden chimneypieces with eared surrounds featuring a black marble inset. A plaque in the hall commemorates the residence of King Haakon VII of Norway in the house during the German occupation of Norway, from March 1942 to June 1945.