116, High Street

This is an early 18th-century house, altered and extended in the late 18th and 19th centuries. It is located on High Street, Boston. The house is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with painted ashlar dressings, a stone and rendered plinth, and a roof covered in slate and concrete tiles. Stone copings remain on the gable stacks, although the stacks themselves have been reduced.

The exterior is two storeys plus a cellar and attics, presenting a five-bay front. It includes sill bands, a stucco platt band, a cornice, and a parapet. A central entrance has a six-panel door with sidelights, a radiating traceried fanlight, a round-headed surround, and three steps. Flanking the entrance are pairs of sash windows with shouldered architraves. The first floor has five similar windows, the central one featuring a stepped keystone. Three dormer windows are visible in the roof. A late 18th-century two-storey brick bow extends from the rear.

The interior retains two full-height panelled rooms from the early 18th century, featuring fireplaces of a similar date, along with panelled doors. There are also two traceried, late 18th-century oval-shaped internal windows. An Adam-style ceiling is present in the rear room, alongside a good, late 19th-century staircase with a stained glass window.

Historically, the house served as the private residence of Thomas Garfit JP, the founder of the first bank in Boston established in 1754.