Boston Hall, Boston Spa
| Boston Hall | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
_002.jpg) Boston Hall, from High Street | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE43254543 |
| Location: | 53°54’11"N, 1°20’35"W |
| Village: | Boston Spa |
| History | |
| Built 1807 | |
| Country house | |
| Neo-classical | |
| Information | |
Boston Hall is a neo-classical house in Boston Spa, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, consisting of three storeys and a two-story rear wing. The house is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The main part of the house was completed in 1807, although there are subsequent later additions. At that time, the house was being used as a store selling furniture.
In 1939 Boston Hall was the home of Charles H Roe and his wife Kathleen.[2]
Later, for many years, the house was used as offices by the Ogden Group. In 2013, planning permission was sought to return the building to residential use[3] after the purchase of the property by former England and Yorkshire cricketer, Geoffrey Boycott. The plan was approved.[4][5]
In 2019, the property was listed for sale by Boycott because he and his wife Rachel planned to move to Cheshire, where their daughter lived. A report at that time indicated that the property consisted of four elements, each with its own entrance: "the main house, the west wing, the cottage and the flat". Features included 11 bedrooms, several reception rooms and a huge eat-in kitchen.[6]
Architecture
The house has two storeys and is built out of squared magnesian limestone with five bays to the main part, it has a pitched slate roof. The west wing of the house is of three storeys and has two bays.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1135046: Boston House and Attached Wing Wall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Charles Henry Roe". https://gracesguide.co.uk/Charles_Henry_Roe.
- ↑ Boycott in £1.75m move back to Yorkshire
- ↑ "Boycott in £1.75m move back to Yorkshire". Yorkshire Post. 4 March 2013. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/boycott-in-1-75m-move-back-to-yorkshire-1-5464971. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ↑ Dixon, Hayley (5 March 2013). "Geoffrey Boycott buys £1.75millon Yorkshire mansion". The Daily Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/9908999/Geoffrey-Boycott-buys-1.75millon-Yorkshire-mansion.html. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ↑ Look around cricket legend Geoffrey Boycott's £2.85m Georgian mansion in Wetherby