Heathfield Park

Heathfield Park, originally called Bayley Park, is a mansion that began construction in 1677 by James Plummer and was continued in the early 18th century by Raymond Blackmore. Sir Robert Taylor altered and enlarged the house in 1766 for General George Augustus Elliott, who was made Lord Heathfield in 1787 and owned the property until his death in 1790. It was renamed Heathfield Park by his successor, Francis Newbury, in 1791. In 1895, the mansion was remodeled by Sir Reginald Blomfield for W C Alexander, replacing the stucco with brick facing and adding a south-east wing.

The building has two storeys, an attic, and a semi-basement, featuring two windows. It is constructed of red brick with stone window dressings, a stringcourse, and panels below the first-floor windows. The wooden modillion eaves cornice and hipped tiled roof are notable features. The windows, which have keystones above and intact glazing bars, include segmental-headed windows in the basement. The original part of the house likely consists of the six window bays at the southwesternmost end of the entrance front, which has a recessed center with a Venetian window on the first floor and two slightly projecting wings with long and short quoins and hipped roofs. The left wing has three narrow windows, while the right wing has two wider windows that may have replaced the former ones in 1766, when the five window bays at the northwestern end of the front were likely added. This latter section is divided into two parts, each with quoins, with the first section projecting beyond the rest of the house. Below the Venetian window in the original part is a large projecting porch, which features a parapet and a segmental-headed doorway approached by a flight of wide steps, dating from 1895.