Park Cottage

Park Cottage is an estate cottage dating back to the 18th century, with extensions added in 1872. It is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with some parts rendered, and has a gabled slate roof with moulded brick chimneystacks. The windows are characteristic “Dering” windows – a style typical of estate cottages – featuring moulded brick surrounds, hood moulds, and round-headed leaded lights.

The cottage is L-shaped, with the original two-storey, three-bay range likely being the earliest part. A single bay wing now houses the entrance and staircase, and a lean-to is situated in the angle of the ‘L’. The south-east elevation, facing Goodnestone Park, has three two-light windows on each floor; some disturbance to the brickwork below the central ground floor window suggests a former entrance may have been located here.

The north-west elevation shows the gable end of the main range, featuring a partly projecting brick chimneystack, crow-stepped towards the top and with a moulded top. The L-wing to the west is set back and contains two-light windows on each floor, and a 19th-century round-headed entrance with impost blocks and a studded door within a four-centred arch. The north-east elevation displays the return of the L-wing, featuring a single light window and a rendered lean-to with an entrance and plank door. The south-west elevation has a rendered gable to the main range.

Inside, the ground floor of the main range has a partly exposed central spine beam and some original floorboards. One room has a wide, moulded wooden fire surround with a moulded shelf, while the other has a narrower wooden fire surround with a flat shelf. A 19th-century dogleg staircase, with stick balusters and moulded column newels, leads to the upper floor. This floor also contains original wooden fire surrounds, and one room retains two cupboards flanking the chimney with ledged plank doors.

To the south-west of the cottage is a later 19th-century outbuilding built in a similar style; it is a single-storey brick building in Flemish bond with a slate roof, gabled ends with large stepped kneelers, a partly open-fronted south-east side, and a small window opening on the south-west side.