Broxbournebury Mansion House

Broxbournebury Mansion House is a building that underwent remodelling in 1878 by Sir Ernest George for Horace Smith-Bosenquet. It is based on a late 16th-century courtyard house, likely constructed for Henry Cokke, who was the Sheriff of the County. The house itself was remodelled in the late 18th century.

The mansion is built of red brick with stone dressings and has mainly modern red tile roofs, showcasing an Elizabethan style. It has two storeys and attics, with a cellar located on the west. The east elevation features seven windows, a square porch with octagonal turrets and a ribbed vault, slightly projecting crow-stepped gable ends, and a crenellated parapet. The longer south elevation has five windows and includes a four-storey square tower at the west corner, three crow-stepped gables, and two-storey canted window bays, with a larger central ground floor bay, all adorned with pierced stone parapets. The windows are mullioned and transomed, and there are tall mullioned chimney stacks. The west elevation retains much of its 16th-century character, while the north elevation includes a 16th-century stair turret and an external chimney stack. There is also a 17th or 18th-century addition on the north centre with a square hipped roof and modillion cornice. Attached to the west is a converted stable from the 18th century with three arched bays.

Inside, the courtyard walls are made of 16th-century brickwork on all sides. The south ground floor features good Elizabethan style interiors, including a hall with a lozenge-panelled ceiling and a deep plaster frieze. The first floor contains some late 18th-century doorcases and details. A room in the west first floor has a 16th-century four-centre arch fireplace, and there is a 17th-century safe door in the nearby north corridor. The cellar is substantial and dates from the 16th or 17th century. The east entrance courtyard is enclosed by a pierced, cemented brick wall and wrought iron gates.