Hinxton Hall (Tube Investment Limited)

Hinxton Hall is a country house dating from 1748-1756, originally commissioned for John Bromwell Jones. Later additions were made in the late 18th century by William Vachell, with further alterations in the early and mid-19th century and early 20th-century additions. The house is constructed of red brick, with tuck pointing, gauged brick window dressings, and moulded limestone details. The roofs are covered in lead and corrugated steel.

The original design comprised a three-storey central block with a basement, accompanied by two-storey wings and screen walls, alongside a service wing to the south. The west elevation presents a symmetrical façade of five bays, with projecting wings of three bays each. A fluted Greek Doric portico provides access via a six-panelled door and a patterned rectangular fanlight. A rusticated stone plinth runs along the front of the steps, with moulded edges. The facade includes a stone band between ground and first floors, a cornice band, a panelled brick parapet, and side stacks. The windows are twelve-paned recessed hung sashes with painted reveals, with nine-paned windows on the second floor.

The garden elevation features a central block of five bays, delineated by four giant Corinthian pilasters from the first floor. The central bay showcases carved stone architraves to the first and second-floor windows, and Ionic pilasters to the garden entrance with rusticated reveals. A stone apron incorporates a relief carving of a trout. The wings are designed as pavilions, each with pedimented parapets and a pair of full-height round-headed hung sash windows. Balustraded parapets grace the side walls, with screen walls featuring pairs of round windows (two parapet urns remain).

Inside, a staircase features an open string with four balusters per tread. Notable features include late 18th or early 19th-century chimney pieces in French Rococo and Empire styles, as well as plastered cornices and a colonnade within the hall. Wall paintings in a drawing room, copied from antique paintings found in Herculaneum and Pompeii, were documented around 1950 and are now largely covered, with only two panels remaining visible. Mid-19th-century plastered ceilings and painted panels are also present. Double doors with over-mantels to the south lobby entrance are now sealed but may have originally served as a carriage entrance.