Parkend Farmhouse

Parkend Farmhouse is a small detached farmhouse, possibly dating from the late 16th century, and is reputed to have been partially rebuilt in 1790 after a fire. The building features painted brick with exposed timber-framing on the inner face of the rear cross wing, which has brick infill on a stone plinth. It has a steeply pitched concrete tile roof that was probably originally thatched, with a half-hipped design on the rear wing and a hipped corner on the right front. A brick ridge stack with a moulded stone cap is present.

The farmhouse has a small L-plan layout, with the rear cross wing on the right containing the stack and a passage to the left of it, which may have originally been a through passage, although there is no evidence of a rear doorway. The building is single storey with an attic. The front features an original plank door flanked by probably original fixed three-light wooden windows with external shutters. There is a similar window on the right-hand return, while the left-hand return gable is boarded. The front has one small raking dormer on the right and two dormers on the rear.

Inside, there is an original plank door on the inner face of the rear cross wing, which is on the timber-framed wall that continues inside the house. A wood newel stair is located immediately adjacent to the front door. The interior also features chamfered and stopped beams in the ground floor rooms, with later fireplaces inserted at the base of the large stack.