The Park Farmhouse

The Park Farmhouse is a farmhouse that was originally the stable block for Silverton Park, which was demolished in 1900. It was built between 1839 and 1845 and designed by James Knowles for the fourth Earl of Egremont. The structure is made of brick and sits on a random rubble volcanic trap plinth with Portland stone dressing, topped with hipped slate roofs. It is designed in a Neo-classical style and has a quadrangular, square ground plan with a south extension that rises sharply above a steep slope.

The building features two-storey pedimented vehicular entrance blocks on the east and west sides, with a matching storage block to the north, all centrally positioned within their respective ranges. The remaining sections are single-storey. The lower ranges have hipped roofs that are screened by a moulded parapet wall, although the parapet has been removed from the northern section. The entrance blocks have a Portland stone pediment and a moulded brick cornice, with paired plain brick pilasters flanking square-headed entrances. The third pedimented block provides access to both the ground and first floors and includes ventilators and nesting boxes, with a flat, lowered roof.

The single-storey ranges have tall windows beneath floating cornices, many of which are blocked, but where intact, they feature twelve-pane unhorned sashes. There are internal doorways, some of which are blocked, with brick ashes, and a sash window on the internal face of the dwelling located in the south-east corner.