Newnham Park

Newnham Park is a large country house located in a landscaped park, dating from around 1700, with materials from the 16th century reused in the basement. It is believed to have been constructed on the site of an earlier mansion. The house features a stucco exterior over a granite ashlar basement, with early 16th-century moulded stone window frames. The roof is slate and hipped, adorned with a heavy modillion cornice. The building has a square plan with five bay elevations, standing two storeys tall with an attic and basement.

The south-west front has a layout of 1:3:1 bays, with the central three bays slightly advanced. Sash windows with glazing bars and moulded cills are present throughout. The central doorway is flanked by Ionic pilasters and features a semi-circular traceried fanlight above a panelled door, which is now enclosed in a circa 1900 porch that includes two pairs of Ionic columns and an entablature with a balustrade. There are three dormers on each side, alternating between triangular and segmental pediments, and a wooden cupola sits over the centre. The south-west front also has lead rainwater heads and pipes. At the rear, there is a large round-headed stair window, a 19th-century bay window on the north-west side, and small 19th-century additions at the rear (north-east). The chimneystacks are plain and rendered.

Inside, the house features open well staircases with twisted balusters and panelled rooms. It is said to contain 18th-century chinoiserie wallpaper. Newnham Park is the seat of the Strodes, who relocated from Old Newnham. The current house is believed to have been built on the site of Loughton, which was a Domesday manor and a mansion that belonged to the Courteney family.