History

Cokenach lies in beautiful unspoilt rolling North Hertfordshire countryside, close to the Cambridgeshire and Essex borders. The house, which is set in the middle of glorious gardens, dates back to the 16th Century and provides a wonderful core to the magnificent Estate.

Formerly known as Cokenhatch and recorded in the Domesday Book, there used to be a village but it was deserted in the 15th Century. Plans of earlier buildings were drawn in 1578 when the house was being considered as a stop on a royal progress. The House contains the fragmentary remains of a lodgings range, built in about 1570, for Sir Richard Chester. The main core is believed to date from 1716 replacing a Gate House dated from about 1603. The House was altered and extended in 1833 for Sir W. Clinton and further altered at the beginning of the 20th Century for Mr. A. Crossman and then again in about 1925 for Mr. D. Crossman.

Cokenach was purchased by the current owners in 2003 and is now a private estate.