Description

PARISH OF HOLBROOK PORT WAY
SK 34 SE
4/23 (West Side)
Coxbench Hall and
13.2.67
attached stable-
blocks

II

House with attached stableblocks, now old peoples home. Early
C18 and 1774 with early C19 and C20 alterations. Rendered and
painted brick, and sandstone ashlar, with painted brick and
stone dressings, plain first and second floor bands to west
elevation and moulded stone cornice. Shallow pitched hipped
slate roofs with rendered ridge stacks hidden by low brick
parapets with flat stone copings. Three storeys. Square in
plan with two bay addition to north-west corner and L-range of
stables attached to north of the addition. East elevation has
Tuscan porch with iron balcony over and semi-circular headed
doorcase below with double keystone, glazed panelled door and
traceried fanlight. Close to either side are single glazing bar
sashes. Above three evenly spaced windows, the southern two
being glazing bar sashes, that to north is a C20 casement in
similar style. Above three C20 casements also simulating
glazing bar sashes. Considerably recessed to north is the
ashlar addition with C19 door to ground floor, central glazing
bar sash over and C20 glazing bar type casement above. Garden
elevation has C19 bow window with full height glazing bar sashes
to west and glazed double door under wedge lintel with incised
voussoirs to east. Above, pairs of adjoining glazing bar sashes
under similar wedge lintels and above again four C20 glazing bar
sash type casements. West elevation is of painted brick and has
glazing bar sashes under flat brick arches to south side.
Attached to north of the addition are the ashlar stableblocks.
West range has central raised segmental arch with raised
keystone inscribed 'William Brooks 1774' and panelled doors. To
either side, glazing bar sashes under wedge lintels with raised
keystones, that to north with original C18 sash and beyond again
to either side panelled doors under plain lintels. Beyond
northern door is another glazing bar sash under a wedge lintel.
To southern corner of the range is a stone water trough with
lead spout, and head above inscribed 'WB 1774'. North range has
raised segmental headed arch to west and four plain doors to
east, one blocked. Above, five small casement windows.
Interior of house has good early C18 dogleg staircase with
bulbous balusters and wide moulded handrail. Hall has flagged
stone floor and nice segmental arch with fluted pilasters.
Dining room has semi-circular headed cupboard and triple arched
fireplace.

Listing NGR: SK3704143504

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Coxbench Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5179923

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