Broxtead House

Broxtead House is a small country house of early 19th-century date, built in white Flemish bond brick with a slate roof. The building comprises two storeys with an attic.

The entrance front is symmetrically arranged in three bays. At the centre is a projecting porch of later 19th-century date, containing a six-panelled recessed door with a fanlight above, set within a recessed panel framed by a round-headed relieving arch and ashlar bands at springing level. The porch flanks are panelled. On either side of the porch are round-headed sash windows to the ground floor, falling to ground level, each of 3x4 panes. These are set beneath similar round-headed relieving arches with ashlar bands at springing level, the band continuing around the sides of the building. The first floor contains three sash windows of 3x2 panes. The hipped roof was renewed around 1920, at which time the eaves were deepened and the dormer windows replaced. The present central raking dormer contains three lights, each fitted with a sash of 3x4 panes. Symmetrical chimney stacks flank the dormer, containing five flues to the right and six to the left. At the far right of the ground floor is an inserted 20th-century single-light window. The service court wall extends to the right but is not included in this listing.

The left-hand side elevation has three bays; the central ground and first floor windows here are dummy openings. The ground floor windows are round-headed sashes similar to those on the entrance front and similarly recessed. All three first floor windows are 3x2 sash panes. A low two-storey service wing extends to the left, recessed from the main wall. This wing has a six-panelled doorway with a flat-arched head and two glazed upper panels at its far right, with four sash windows of 3x2 panes to the left, each with a flat-arched head. The three bays at the far left of the wing are symmetrically arranged: the central ground floor window has a high relieving arch above it, and the two lateral ground floor windows have lower relieving arches. A panelled pilaster at right divides this portion from the rest of the elevation. The first floor has three sash windows of 3x2 panes, with a brick band featuring projecting headers below the eaves.

The rear elevation features a projecting service wing at left. To the right of this is a blocked window similar to those on the entrance and left fronts but without relieving arch, followed by a cross window with flat-arched head. Further blocked windows and cross windows appear at first floor level. A raking dormer at the attic level contains three horned sashes, each of 3x4 panes.

The yard front is constructed in red Flemish bond brick with randomly placed openings.

Interior

The ground floor rooms feature moulded cornices and wooden chimney pieces with ribbed surrounds and roundels to the upper corners. Doors throughout are panelled, each of six panels. The staircase comprises one flight with a quarter-turn to the top, featuring moulded tread ends, stick balusters, and a moulded handrail which is ramped at the top. The circular, moulded newel posts are of note. A further flight leads to the attics with a quarter-turn to the bottom. The first floor rooms have chimney pieces similar to those at ground floor level, with fitted cupboards on either side. The attic rooms contain cast iron chimney pieces with hob grates of late 19th or early 20th-century date.