Parks Farm

SUDELEY SP 02 NW 6/164 Parks Farm GV II Formerly farmhouse or 3 cottages; now one house. Probably C17 but extensively restructured in C19 and re-windowed C20. Coursed and squared limestone, stone slate roof. Built as a one-room deep cottage with 3 flush dormer gables, layout uncertain; extended by 3 gabled wings at back, part built into hillside. One and a half storeys; ground floor has four 2-light casements and one single light, cottage left has two 2-light at eaves. Each gable also has a 2-light return, right has one 2-light to each floor. Left return plain gable, then half - dormer in wing. Back has four gables, one, coped, with 2-light casement; at lower level are four lights; all windows steel casements. Front has 2 C20 glased doors and back has 3 doors. Two ashlar gable stacks that to right external, one ridge stack and brick stack to back wing left.

Interior much modified, retains in two ground floor rooms large transverse roughly chamfered and stopped beams carrying chamfered stopped floor joists, probably some from C17 or early C18. Back of original No.1 has plank door in original back wall. One internal wall at upper level is heavy timber framed, including tie beam and collar; foot of one roof principal exposed in back corridor. Roof simple tie beam, many original rafters; a gable interior wall in lath and plaster. Although exterior much changed, substantial remnants of internal fabric give these labourers' cottage historical interest.

Listing NGR: SP0468026526