Park Farmhouse And Abutting Tack Room And Stable

Park Farmhouse, along with the adjoining tack room and stable, is a Grade II listed farmhouse dated GJG 1683. It has origins from the 17th century, with later alterations made from the 18th to the 20th century. A datestone is positioned above the doorway on the east elevation.

The garden front features the left part of the building constructed from squared, coursed ironstone, topped with a raised 20th-century tile roof. It has renewed brick ridge and end stacks on the left, while the right side has a stone end stack with a partly brick shaft. The farmhouse has a four-unit plan and stands two storeys high. An off-centre panelled and glazed door is located to the right, with an overlight that includes geometrical glazing bars. This entrance is flanked by two 20th-century windows, with four similar windows on the first floor. Stone flat arches are present throughout, and there are 20th-century flat-roofed dormers. The right gable is coped in stone.

The 17th-century part on the right is made of coursed, squared ironstone rubble and features a steeply pitched corrugated asbestos roof. It has a two-unit plan and also stands two storeys high, with a two-window range. The ground floor contains two-light 20th-century windows in original openings, while the first floor has two three-light casement windows with wooden lintels. A single-storey 20th-century extension is located on the left.

At the rear, the 18th-century part has two entrances with renewed plank doors, and the datestone is reset above the left door at first floor level. The entrance to the 17th-century part is on the left, accessed via the stable or tack room through a plank door.

Inside, the 18th-century section features a stone flag floor, a wreathed handrail leading to the staircase, and boxed beams. The 17th-century section also has stone flag floors and includes a wide fireplace with an arched head and chamfered beams. The tack room and stable, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, are built from squared coursed ironstone and have corrugated iron roofs, with an entrance that has a plank door.

Park Farmhouse is likely the residence of Elias Jackman from 1665 and was part of the North family estate, which was purchased by Trinity College, Oxford in 1935.