Boats Hall

Boats Hall is a manor farmhouse that dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th and 19th centuries. The building is primarily timber framed and plastered, featuring 17th-century red brick gable ends on the parapets. The side walls of the 17th-century service end are also made of red brick, which is plastered over. The roof is covered with plain tiles and the structure has two storeys and attics, arranged in a three-cell form.

The facade includes five windows, mostly 19th-century small-paned casements, along with two first-floor sash windows that have glazing bars. There are three doorways with 19th-century doorcases. To the left, there is a six-panel door with a glazed upper section and a doorcase that includes a frieze and cornice. The central lobby entrance features a 19th-century half-glazed door with a reeded architrave and cornice. To the right, there are mid-20th-century French windows, also with a reeded architrave and cornice. The building has five dormers with mid-20th-century windows.

Inside, there are internal and gable stacks, two of which have moulded brick bases. The interior has been Victorianized, but the hall features a bridging beam encased in moulded plasterwork and a similarly moulded cornice, which are early 17th-century elements believed to have been created for the North family. Remnants of similar plasterwork can be found in the hall chamber. Moulded bridging beams are present in both the parlour and parlour chamber. A small section of studding is visible on the first floor, along with a blocked window that has cavetto mullions. There is some evidence of a queen-post roof, although the current roof appears to be a 17th-century replacement made when the attics were converted.

Adjacent to the service room is a partition with large fielded panels, likely from the 17th century, and a large door made from earlier panelling. The building also features an intact slatted cheese room and a 19th-century entrance lobby with a straight staircase that has stick balusters and a ramped, wreathed handrail. Additionally, there is a fine encircling moat surrounding the property.