a brief history
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A Victorian Grade 2 listed building, Park House was converted to a care home approx. 100 years after it was built for the Industrious Foster family of the world renowned Black Dyke Mills of Queensbury, Bradford. West Yorkshire, itself the centre of the world woollen industry until the demise of the British textile industry towards the second half of the 20th century,
The equally famous Black Dyke Band have a long association with Park House from its early founding in the middle of the 19th century to more recent times as witnessed by this photo of the globally successful band taken outside Park House circa 1999.
Whilst some alterations during conversion to a care home were inevitable, virtually no structural alterations are evident today and the house retains much of its original design features whilst combining the best of the old with the new.
Although significant private development has taken place surrounding the location of Park House over the last decade, its sizable grounds and tree lined boundary provide a natural screening to allow both safety & privacy for residents within the close perimeter of the house.
Park House was built at a time and in an age when no expense was spared, and the quality of materials used, its attractive design and use of stone detailed features, tasteful if not unique, are confirmation that Park House was built to last well beyond the next century proving that quality, just like Care, has a lasting influence.
