Boat House Approximately 250 Metres To South East Of Cloverley Hall

IGHTFIELD C.P. CALVERHALL SJ 63 NW SJ 6175 3691 6/10 Boat house approx. 250 - metres to south-east of Cloverley Hall - II

Boat house. Circa 1870, possibly by William Eden Nesfield. Timber framed on brick plinth with vertical and horizontal matchboarding. Slate roof. Pierced scalloped barge boards and finials with pendants. East end with pair of elliptical-arched openings for boats, each with a pair of wooden gates. West end with pair of lozenge-shaped openings and matchboarded door off-centre to right. Interior: 3-bay roof; arched- braced collar trusses with bolted V-struts. Pairs of purlins,with shaped ends externally. 2 boat bays divided by central brick pier with tiled walkway and decorative wooden balustrading with curved braces. Southern boat bay shorter with former store room at west end. Cloverley Hall (q.v.) was built in 1865-70 to the designs of Nesfield, who might also have been responsible for the boat house. The boat house is sited on the north-west bank of Cloverley Pool, an ornamental lake in the parkland surrounding Cloverley Hall.

Listing NGR: SJ6174936908