Monument record 0778300000 - Park Farm

A farmstead has existed at Park Farm since at least 1814 when it is first shown on the Enclosure Commissioners’ Working
Map and the final Enclosure Map of 1816 as four plots, described as orchard, homestead (with an L-shaped range and 4 detached buildings), garden and Cherry Close. The landowners were Vincent’s Trustees and the tenant was Briggs. The farm was subsequently acquired by Viscount Lake and was sold in 1838 to the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and sold on again in the middle of the 19th century to Sir Anthony Rothschild. A parish map of 1861 shows the farm buildings around a yard to
the north of the farmhouse, with a new building range and yard to the west in the former garden. The tenant was Sumner and the owner was Lady Rothschild. By 1876, when the 1st edition 25-inch OS map was surveyed, further farm buildings had been added to the two farm yards, with further additions shown on the 1899 2nd edition 25-inch OS map. The farm (then known as Sumners Farm) was sold by Nathan Rothschild in 1923 and the sale particulars include: ‘The set of farm buildings...comprise: Brick, Timber and Slate-built Carpenter’s Workshop and Foreman’s Office adjoining and Firehose Shed; Brick, Timber and Slate
Lean-to Building, comprising Two Store Sheds and Small Office; Timber-built with Galvanized-iron Roof Open Store Shed with concrete floor; Enclosed ditto in two divisions; Shed, timber-built with slate roof, in three divisions with Mess Room; Timber Rack with galvanized-iron roof; Brick and Timber-built Copper House with Water laid on; Mess Room with Store Room over; Dairy with white tiled walls and encaustic tiled floor; Cow House for ten, with iron manger and channelled brick floor; Cow House for eight with wooden mangers; Timber and Tiled Calf House for 12 with calf pen; Range of Seven Timber Slate Cattle Boxes with Two Enclosed Yards; Timber and Slate Store Shed with wooden platform for chaff cutter; Mixing House with concrete floor and three wooden corn bins; 'Amanco' Engine for driving chaff cutter and pulping machine; Cow House for 14 with iron mangers and channelled brick floor; Seven Timber and Slate Loose Boxes for cattle; Covered-in Manure Pit. The above Buildings are ranged around a Central Yard’. Area: 0.914 acres. The adjoining field to the southwest, named as ‘Cherry Orchard’ (3.562 acres), was also included in the lot. Aerial photos and OS maps show the buildings apparently remained unchanged between 1931 and 1955. By 1975 the western farmyard had been replaced by 3 large modern barns and since 1981 a slurry tank and yard or hardstanding added to the west (B1).