Elphin House

Elphin House is a house located on the north side of Coxwold Village Street, dating from the early to mid-19th century, possibly with older origins, and featuring later additions. It is constructed of coursed rubble sandstone and has a roof made of pantiles and Welsh slate. The original house has two storeys and three bays, with a two-storey L-shaped bay addition to the right, dated 1894, and a single-storey addition to the left that was formerly a doctor's waiting room.

The main part of the house has a central part-glazed door beneath a three-pane fanlight, set in a round-arched doorcase with a canopy supported by concave corbels adorned with paterae. The house features sash windows with glazing bars, ashlar sills, and deep lintels. The roof has shaped kneelers and ashlar coping, with corniced ashlar stacks at the ends. To the right, there is one bay with matching windows and a Welsh slate roof, along with ashlar coping and a corniced ashlar stack at the right end. To the left, there are two round-arched windows with a blind Diocletian window above the second; the parapet has coping.

At the rear, there is a 20-pane landing window and a brick dentil cornice. For many years, the house was owned by the village doctor, and the gate post to the left features a hook for tethering patients' horses. The name "Elphin House" is derived from the Elphin Beck, which flows from the southwest of the village.