England's Lost Country Houses | Coxhoe HallLocation Coxhoe Gallery County County Durham Year demolished 1952 Reason Mining subsidence and neglect Coxhoe Hall - then regarded as one of the finest houses in the county - is most famous for being the birthplace of the Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett http://www.lostheritage.org.uk/houses/lh_countydurham_coxhoehall.html