Description
Built in 1702–1705 by an unknown architect for Judge John Coxe, with one wing added in 1923, the small house forms a perfect square of side 46 feet (14 m), with sash windows, tall chimneys, hipped roofs and gate piers and railings. It is a Grade I listed building and has been praised by architectural historian Mark Girouard as perfectly exemplifying the early eighteenth-century formal house in miniature. It comprises four floors, including a tall basement and an attic floor. Inside, much of the early eighteenth-century panelling survives, as do original stone fireplaces. A fine staircase runs from basement to attic.
The house, in 35 acres (14 ha) of grounds, has four reception rooms, eight bedrooms, and four bathrooms.
The grounds have recently been re-developed with a series of new gardens, including a refurbished traditional flower garden in keeping with the original arts and crafts backbone of vistas and hedges.
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