Broomhills

Broomhills is a large house, originally the Dower House to Redgrave Hall (now demolished), dating to approximately 1700 and likely built for Sir J. Holt. The house was extended in the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with vitrified headers, with a plastered timber frame to the rear. Later clay lump and brick additions are also present. The steeply pitched plain tiled roof has pantiles to the rear.

The main front range has seven bays, incorporating the original stair bay and two service additions to the rear. The house is two storeys and has an attic. The symmetrical facade features vitrified headers and red brick bands around the window openings. The central entrance has glazed doors, a lugged architrave, and an early 19th-century pseudo-Doric pedimented entablature. The windows are predominantly glazing bar cross casements in part-opening metal frames, with gauged brick flat arches. A blind window is centrally placed on the first floor. Other external features include an offset plinth, a plat band, boxed eaves, and three gabled two-light dormers. Internal end stacks are present, along with an internal axial stack between the hall and parlour on the right side of the centre. The coped gable end parapets have moulded kneelers, and a continued plat band. The right end of the building has two small attic lights with gauged brick flat arches, while the left end has two small first floor leaded lights with similar detailing.

To the rear, the original stair wing is centrally located and has irregular fenestration and a hipped roof. A rendered clay lump service wing extends to the rear right extending four bays with two storeys, exhibiting a mix of sash and casement windows, a half-glazed door to the front, an entrance on the inner elevation, and two ridge stacks. A two-bay brick kitchen addition projects to the rear left, beyond the end of the main range. This addition includes a lean-to to the front angle with an entrance, mixed casements, a tripartite sash window, gable end coped parapets, a central ridge stack, and a further lean-to to the rear.

The interior retains features including large through tension bracing in the rear wall. The parlour has a chamfered axial binding beam and 18th-century raised panelling, reset from Pond Hall, Botesdale, with box cornices. The fireplace has an egg and dart lugged architrave, flanked by cupboards with key blocked round arched heads. Other features include stop chamfered cross axial binding beams and a 19th-century dogleg staircase, located within the original stair bay, with stop chamfered wallplates. The roof is a staggered tenoned purlin roof with collars to the principals.