Cobham Park

Cobham Park is a country house, now used as offices, built between 1870 and 1873 by E.M. Barry in a French Renaissance style. The house is constructed of coursed rubble with an ashlar plinth, ashlar dressings, and hipped slate roofs with panelled stacks. The main front has stone-dressed, segmental-headed dormers to the left and a central dormer under a triangular pediment. It features a six-bay facade with projecting end and centre bays, and an ashlar entablature above the ground floor. A modillion eaves cornice and a round arched balustrade with pylon finials top the roof. Sash windows are set within architrave surrounds; the first-floor windows in the outer bays have stone balustraded balconies supported on foliage brackets. A central first-floor window is framed by a rusticated block surround with floral decoration. A single-storey porch is centrally located, featuring a bowed balustrade with urn finials and rusticated angles. The arched architrave door surround has fluted half-Doric columns on pedestals, paired panelled doors with a strapwork surround, and a traceried fanlight topped by a female head keystone. A square bay extends from the left end with smaller arched doors, protected by a baluster band. A single-storey rendered block is attached to the left end, with channelled rustication, balustraded eaves, and arched pavilion finials to the angles. It has hipped slate roofs. The garden front features a central curved bay extending through two stories. A date plaque indicating "1872" is on the left return front. Internally, some ceiling mouldings and panelling remain. The Entrance Hall contains a panelled plasterwork ceiling with roundels and pendants, a panelled overmantle with an elaborate cartouche flanked by pilasters, and a triple-arched staircase screen to the left end. A square newel stair has a turned baluster balustrade.