Broxbournebury Mansion House

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TL 30NE 3/9

HODDESDON Broxbourne WHITE STUBBS LANE (north side) Broxbournebury Mansion House

(Formerly listed as Broxbournebury School, BAAS HILL (north side) previously listed as Broxbourne Bury under Broxbourne)

7.9.70

II 1878 remodelling by Sir Ernest George for Horace Smith-Bosenquet of a late C16 courtyard house, probably built for Henry Cokke, Sheriff of the County, this house itself remodelled in late C18.

Red brick, stone dressings, mainly modern red tile roofs. Elizabethan style. two storeys and attics, cellar on west, east and south elevations entirely Victorian; the east side is seven windows, square parapeted porch with octagonal turrets and ribbed vault, slightly projecting, crow-stepped gable ends, crenellated parapet; the south elevation is longer with five windows: four storey square tower on west corner, three crow-stepped gables, the end ones over two-storey canted window bays, larger ground floor central bay, all window bays with pierced stone parapets. Mullioned and transomed casements. Tall mullioned chimney stacks. West elevation mostly C16. Three crow-stepped gables on south. Square hipped-roof bay on north centre, a C17/18 addition with modillion cornice. North elevation has C16 stair turret and partly C16 external chimney stack. C18 converted stable of three arched bays attached on west.

Internal courtyard walls with C16 brickwork on all sides. Good Elizabethan style interiors on south ground floor, including hall with lozenge-panelled ceiling and deep plaster frieze. First floor with some late C18 doorcases and details. West first floor centre room has C16 four-centre arch fireplace; C17 safe door in nearby north corridor. Substantial C16/17 cellar. East entrance courtyard has pierced, cemented brick wall and wrought iron gates.

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Listing NGR: TL3536907179