Park Farmhouse And Outbuildings Adjoining At The North

Park Farmhouse and the adjoining outbuildings were built in 1876 for William Keates, who was the owner of the Bishop's Nympton estate in the late 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of stone rubble, rendered on the front, with Bathstone dressings at the front and red brick dressings at the rear. It features a slate roof with gabled ends and crested ridge tiles, along with end stacks that have yellow brick shafts and ornamental brick detailing. The two stone rubble outbuildings also have slate roofs.

Designed in a Tudor style, the farmhouse is somewhat old-fashioned for its time but is notably elaborate for a late 19th-century estate farmhouse. The building has a double depth plan, consisting of two rooms wide with a central two-storey porch. At the rear, there is a small service yard enclosed by the two contemporary outbuildings and a curved wall.

The exterior is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-bay front. The central bay features a large, gabled, two-storey porch that includes a chamfered Bathstone outer doorway with pyramid stops, a hoodmould, and a 19th-century panelled inner front door with glazed top panels and an overlight. Above the porch, a three-light stone mullioned window rises to frame the datestone, crest, initials, and motto of William Keates. The first floor of the porch is adorned with yellow brickwork, a brick corbel table, yellow brick corner pilasters, and ornamental brick banding in the gable.

On the ground floor, there are four-light stone mullioned windows on the left and right, each with stone drip ledges, and three-light stone mullioned windows on the first floor. The left side of the building features a one-light stone-framed window. The rear elevation, which has a simpler design, includes windows with chamfered red brick jambs and segmental arched lintels with keystones, along with 1876 timber casement windows. A rear door with a porch leads into the service yard, which is bordered by the two outbuildings, one of which has a red brick stack, and a section of curved wall. The interior has not been inspected, but the farmhouse is noted as a very complete late 19th-century estate farmhouse of an unusually elaborate design.