Bole Manor House And Attached Outbuilding

Bole Manor House is a manor house dating from circa 1675, with additions from the 19th century. The building is constructed of brick, partially rendered, with a steep-pitched 20th-century pantile roof. It features a brick plinth, rendered moulded bands at the first floor and eaves, patterned brick headers, dentillated eaves, and two large shaped gables with kneelers. The building has paired ridge stacks and two paired gable stacks; the southern gable stack is external and corbelled. All stacks, except one, are set diagonally and include moulded bands. The main east front is of two storeys, four bays. A lower, two-storey service wing sits to the north, dating back to the 17th century, constructed of brick and covered by a pantile roof. To the north of this service wing is a 17th-century outbuilding, raised in the 19th century, also of brick with a pantile roof, spanning three bays. A 19th-century wing at the rear is also constructed of brick and has a pantile roof. The main east front has a centrally-positioned, rustic, gabled porch dating from the 19th century with a plain tile roof, containing a recessed, half-glazed 19th-century door with an overlight. To the left of the porch are two 19th-century mullioned and transomed casement windows; to the right, is a small casement and another mullioned and transomed casement. Above, four similar casements are set within rendered lintels. The service wing to the right has a 19th-century recessed half-glazed door in a chamfered reveal, with a rendered lintel, flanked by single casements, with two different mullioned and transomed casements above. The outbuilding to the north has a moulded first-floor band and a central blocked window with a chamfered and rebated reveal. To the left of the blocked window is a door with a rubbed brick head, and to the right is a stable door with a timber lintel. Above the outbuilding, to the left, are the remains of a moulded brick pediment. The rear elevation includes a recessed door with a rubbed brick head, a single glazing bar sash with a rubbed brick head, a brick pilaster on a plinth, a single glazing bar sash with a rubbed brick head, and a single round-headed niche. Above these features are the remnants of a first-floor band, three moulded pediments, two smaller glazing bar sashes, two blocked openings, and three diaper work diamonds. The south gable is rendered and features a mullioned and transomed casement with a rendered lintel. The interior includes a 19th-century straight staircase with stick balusters and a wreathed handrail, as well as moulded cornices and friezes in the lounge and drawing room.