Poxwell House

Poxwell House is a manor house dating back to around 1600, with a subsequent development history reflecting changing needs and tastes. The original east block is from around 1600, and a north cross wing was likely intended to be matched by a south cross wing, though this was never built. An early 17th century addition was built into the rear angle of the house, and the north cross wing was later extended to the west. In the 19th century, the north-west wing was rebuilt, and a thorough restoration occurred in 1934, including new roofs and a further extension of the west wing. The south wall of the main range has been rebuilt.

The construction utilizes Portland ashlar and coursed rubble walls, topped with clay tile roofs and stone slates at the eaves. Several 20th-century rebuilt stone stacks are visible; at the south gable, the ridge right of centre, along the rear eaves, and at each of the north elevation gables, and along the west gable. A symmetrical east elevation was created during the restoration. The house is two stories and has attics. It features five windows on the front elevation and six windows on a projecting parlour range to the north. Consistent four-light mullion-and-transom windows, with 20th-century metal casements and lead lights, are found throughout. A gabled, one-and-a-half-story porch is centrally located, with stone copings and an apex finial. Stone niches, with shell-headed tops, flank a round-headed entrance archway featuring jewelled imposts and a keystone; these niches are repeated inside the porch, one scratched with “1618 R.M.” A similar, but rusticated, semi-circular headed doorway sits behind the main entrance, leading to a plank and studded door dating from the 17th century. The west elevation of the main block has a moulded plinth and string. A doorway aligned with the front porch features moulded jambs and a depressed four-centred head. Two small 20th-century windows have replaced a previous four-light window on the south side. The added projection against the north cross wing is gabled to the west and retains original mullioned windows, restored in a later period. The north elevation is built of ashlar, featuring a moulded plinth and strings extending to four gables. Windows are not symmetrically arranged and are mostly mullion-and-transomed, with 20th-century restoration. A doorway, with "I.S. 1626" scratched into the stone, is located at the west end of the original block. The western extension of the north wing is constructed from coursed rubble, with heavily restored windows of one, two, and three lights.

The interior includes a 17th-century great hall fireplace with stone flanking engaged coupled Corinthian columns supporting an enriched entablature and pediment enclosing a cheinion head and side figures. Walls are lined with compartmented 17th-century panelling from elsewhere. A screen passage south of the hall has two stone doorways in the south wall, with moulded jambs and depressed three-centred heads. The parlour and boudoir have 17th-century fireplaces with four-centred heads. The dining room contains a wide, open fireplace with a three-centred head and an oven in the east abutment, along with walls lined with 17th-century panelling.