The White Hart Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1975. Hotel. 6 related planning applications.

The White Hart Hotel

WRENN ID
first-baluster-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Boston
Constituency
Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1975
Type
Hotel
Address
The White Hart Hotel, High Street, PE21 8SH
OS grid reference
TF 327 440
Coordinates
52.97716, -0.02507
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White Hart Hotel is a hotel located on High Street in Boston. It was built in the mid-18th century, with alterations and extensions made in the early and mid-19th century. The wing that runs at right angles to the river was added after 1807, following the construction of the new town bridge. The building is constructed of red brick and stucco, with slate roofs, and has an L-shaped plan.

The main front of the hotel is three storeys high, plus attics, and features seven bays with quoins. It has a heavy moulded and dentilled cornice and a parapet with pierced ovals. There is an off-centre elliptical carriage archway with a keystone, plain pilasters, and an entablature. To the left, there is a small shop window with a moulded surround, cornice, and ramped base. To the right, there are two plain sashes with pedimented moulded surrounds and ramped bases, along with a recessed doorway.

On the first and second floors, there are seven plain sashes with moulded surrounds, with the upper ones featuring tabbed sills. The attic has four modern dormer windows. The taller added wing is three storeys high and has three bays in a quasi-Jacobean style, complete with a balustraded parapet and dentilled cornice. The ground floor features a dentilled entablature and a deep band between the first and second floors, adorned with a roundel and acanthus ornament. Each floor is marked by pilasters, with fluted Corinthian pilasters on the ground floor and Doric pilasters with marked entasis above. The ground floor has a modern entrance to the left and two plain sashes to the right. The first floor features three tall full-height divided sashes, while the second floor has three semi-circular-headed sashes. All windows have moulded surrounds, with those on the top floor decorated with roundels.

The interior has not been inspected. Historically, the original White Hart was demolished in the early 19th century for New Bridge Street, and the current building was previously known as the "Unicorn."

Local climate

The White Hart Hotel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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