Broxwood Court, Broxwood, Hereford, England

The house at Broxwood Court was designed in the late 1850s by Charles Hansom for Richard Snead-Cox. The architect died before the house was built. The house was then built to the design of Leonard Stokes in 1891.

The garden and park were laid out from 1859-62 by 'Davison the gardener' to the designs of W.A. Nesfield.

The house was demolished in 1955 by R.J.F. Snead-Cox and replaced with a smaller one. He also simplified the garden by removing some features such as the elaborate flower beds near the house, and converting part of the kitchen garden into an ornamental garden.

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

In the late 1850s Richard Snead-Cox (1820-99), a substantial landowner in Herefordshire and Oxford, commissioned a new house, Broxwood Court, and employed W A Nesfield to design its gardens. The family (who remain at Broxwood) were Roman Catholics, and the wooded landscape which was developed west of the formal gardens reflects their strong faith, with walks and other features named after biblical figures. There were apparently few substantial changes at Broxwood until the 1950s when Col R J F Snead-Cox (died 1968) demolished the old house and built a smaller replacement, simplified the gardens and undertook new plantings. The house remains (1998) in private ownership.