Coaxdon Hall

Coaxdon Hall is a Grade II* listed building that consists of the surviving wings of a large house built around 1590. The west and south wings are all that remain of the original E-shaped structure, as part of the south wing and the entire east wing were reportedly demolished after a fire in the 18th century. A north wing was added in the 18th century, creating a U-shaped plan. The building is constructed of coursed stone and features a fishscale tile roof with stone coping on the gabled ends. It has two storeys, with the west wing comprising a three-window range. The windows are two and three light ovolo moulded stone mullions with dripmoulds. There is a later central doorway with a 19th-century stone gabled porch and late raking buttresses on either side. Rendered chimney stacks are located over the gable ends. The other elevations also feature ovolo moulded stone mullion windows with dripmoulds. The 18th-century north wing is made of stone rubble and has a fishscale tiled roof with stone coping on the gable ends. It is two storeys high and has 18th-century wooden mullion casements with leaded panes.

Inside, the floor of the west wing has been removed to create an open hall, and the stairs likely incorporate 18th-century balusters. The ceilings throughout have chamfered beams, many with half-pyramid stops. There are stone chimneypieces, and what was likely the hall in the south wing features two large timber posts with chamfers and pyramid stops. In the room above, there is dado linenfold panelling with an ovolo moulded frame above, possibly covering a blocked window. The roof contains jointed cruck trusses. It is said that Charles I hid here after the Battle of Worcester. Coaxdon Hall is also notable as the birthplace of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (1602-1650), an antiquary and author of "Journals of all the Parliaments during the reign of Queen Elizabeth."