Park Farmhouse

1. WAVENDON LOWER END ROAD

8/142 Park Farmhouse

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House. Early C19 with early C17 rear block. Painted brick, slate roof with end stacks. Moulded wood eaves cornice. Rear block timber-framed with brick infill and additions each end, front painted roughcast. Old tiled roof, central brick chimney and later chimney to W.bay. 2 storeys. Most windows have margin glazing. N.elevation has 2 bays of 2-light casements with painted lintels. Gables have bargeboards and finials. W.elevation has 2-storied gabled porch to right with half-glazed flush-panel door with rectangular fanlight and stucco doorcase of panelled pilasters and frieze with cornice. S elevation of rear block has small C18 projecting wing to left with sash window to each floor, central flush-panel door in moulded architrave frame, two 2-light casements to left, modern 3-light casement to right, later bay to right with door and a 2-light casement with segmental arch, four 2-light casements to first floor. N. elevation of rear wing has 2 bays of 2-light casements. E.gable of main block has flush-panel door, upper panel glazed, with margin-glazed fanlight and 1-light upper sash. Interior has entrance hall with 2 openings in S.wall with heavy arch features, staircase with scrolled tread-ends and rope-mould to soffit, square newels and balusters and slender handrail curved round wall at upper landings. Front rooms have moulded cornice and 2 marble fireplaces. Rear block has exposed timber framing and heavy chamfered spine beams, inglenook fireplace, original roof structure with queenpost trusses, curved windbraces and coupled rafters.

Listing NGR: SP9213437566