Boston Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. House. 5 related planning applications.
Boston Castle
- WRENN ID
- watchful-span-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rotherham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1986
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK49SW ROTHERHAM BOSTON PARK
5/9 Boston Castle - II Lodge now house. Said to have been built c1775 for Thomas, 3rd Earl of Effingham. Deeply-coursed, squared rubble sandstone, roof not visible. Small, square, 2-storey building with addition to north side. Large herringbone-tooled quoins. Door near south corner has quoined surround and plain lintel. Window to each floor with projecting sills and C20 casements in plain architraves, 1st-floor windows taller. Embattled parapet with ashlar copings. Lower 2-storey addition to north has monoclinal roof with embattled ridge. Effingham resigned his commission when ordered to the American War of Independence; he spoke against the war in the House of Lords in 1775. Commemorates the Americans' first encounter with the British at Bunker's Hill near Boston in 1775 in which the British scored a hollow victory. Bicentenary booklet in Rotherham Local Studies Library.
Listing NGR: SK4299491513
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