Campden House

Campden House is a large complex house primarily built in 1628, with significant alterations in 1846 and the 1930s. It is believed that the medieval grange of Bordesley Abbey may have been located on this site. The original 1628 mansion, marked by the date below the windows to the right of the entrance, was remodeled in 1846 for Lord Gainsborough by R.C. Carpenter, who added a chapel in the Victorian Gothic style, which has since been demolished. After 1934, the south front was re-established, the north wing was added, and the interior underwent drastic remodeling by Norman Jewson.

The house is designed in the traditional gabled Cotswold mansion style, constructed from coursed and dressed rubble and topped with Cotswold stone roofing. It features two and two-and-a-half storeys on a terrace, with mullion and transomed windows, pinnacles on the gables, and diagonal chimneys. The west front has two gables, while the south has four gabled returns. The central section has a four-bay design with a gabled porch and a two-storey angled bay. The left-hand gable of the south return includes a large two-storey angled bay. The north side displays more characteristics of the 17th century, featuring a cross-gabled three-and-a-half storey stair-turret at the northeast corner, next to a projecting wing with a full-height end bay.

Inside, Jewson altered the ground levels, and the house contains high-quality 16th and 17th century fireplaces and panelling. The rear stair-turret features 17th century stairs, while the dining room has ribbed plaster ceilings from 1846 that have been covered.