Howpark

Howpark is an earlier 19th century house that has undergone later additions and alterations. It is a two-storey, three-bay rectangular-plan structure with a single-storey addition set back to the northwest and a lower two-storey wing at the rear that forms a near L-plan. There is also a further addition set back to the southeast. The front is constructed of whinstone rubble with droved cream sandstone dressings, while the sides and rear are finished with whitewashed render. The building features narrow quoin strips, painted margins, and projecting cills.

On the southwest (entrance) elevation, there is a deep-set, part-glazed timber panelled door at the center of the ground floor, accompanied by a plate glass fanlight and a Soaneian surround with a corniced doorway. Flanking the entrance are single windows on the ground floor, with single windows in all bays on the first floor. A single window is present in the single-storey addition set back to the outer left, and there is a single-storey lean-to addition recessed to the outer right.

The northwest (side) elevation has a gable end to the right with a single-storey addition projecting at the ground level. To the left, there is a four-bay wing with a door at ground level to the right and a single window above, regularly fenestrated to the left.

On the northeast (rear) elevation, the gable end is offset to the left of center, featuring three single windows at ground level and two single windows on the first floor, along with a single-storey lean-to addition to the left. The main block is recessed to the right, with single windows on both floors and another single-storey addition set back to the outer right.

The southeast (side) elevation has a gable end to the left with single windows on both floors to the right. A two-storey wing is slightly recessed to the right, featuring a lean-to addition at ground level, a bipartite window centered on the first floor, and a single window to the left.

The building predominantly has modern four-pane windows that are out of character, though some four-pane glazing remains in timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey slate and features terracotta ridging. There is a sandstone ashlar apex stack to the southeast, a brick-built apex stack to the northwest, and harled stacks at the rear, along with various chimney cans.

The interior was not seen in 1999. The site is partially enclosed by rubble-coped garden walls made of rubble.