Park House Farmhouse

Park House Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely originated in the 16th century, was rebuilt in the 17th century, and has 19th-century additions. It is constructed of red ashlar sandstone and has a graduated slate roof, featuring an L-shaped plan. The building has two storeys and an attic, with four windows on the first floor and a two-storey wing at the rear left.

A stone porch is located to the left of the center, featuring a chamfered round arch, a plaque dated 1831, and ashlar gable copings. The part-glazed door within the porch has a chamfered segmentally-arched head and a hoodmould. On either side of the porch are four-light double-chamfered mullioned windows with plain casements, king mullions, and hoodmoulds, along with a small single-light window to the right. The first floor has similar windows with arrangements of three, three, three, and two lights, with the right-hand pair set higher. There is a massive external end stack on the right gable and a smaller external stack on the left end.

At the rear, there is a four-light window on the left side of a tall two-light window, which has been altered. An external stack in the angle has offsets and a later brick shaft, while three-light mullioned windows are present on the first floor. A reused medieval gargoyle is set into the rear wall of the wing. The left return of the wing features early 19th-century mullioned windows with three lights on the ground floor and arrangements of two, three, and one light above.

Inside, the front door opens to a cross-passage with a service room to the left, which has two doorways, one of which is blocked. The hall on the right contains a large sidewall fireplace with a chamfered segmental arch featuring joggled voussoirs. A room to the rear right has 17th-century panelling and a door. The rear wing includes a chamfered side-wall fireplace in the kitchen and a crown post truss that is cut off below the springing of the struts. A stone spiral staircase leads to the first floor. Plank-and-muntin panelling divides the two rooms on the right. An oak solid-tread stair leads to the attic, which has six principal-rafter trusses with curved struts, collars, and two curved wind braces. The preservation of some internal features and the adherence to the medieval plan of hall, cross-passage, and service room suggest an early date for the building. Its close proximity to the ruins of Furness Abbey likely facilitated its rebuilding in stone before this became the standard practice.