Bosloe House

Bosloe House is a country house dated 1903, built for the Fox family. It is constructed of Killas rubble with granite dressings, and has dry Delabole slate roofing over the left-hand wing, with concrete tile roofs elsewhere. The roofs have gable ends, most with granite copings. Stone axial and gable stacks are present. The house is designed in a vernacular revival style with Renaissance features, forming an irregular U-shaped plan. The central range comprises three rooms with a large central hall set back behind a three-bay open Tuscan colonnade, leading to a large stair hall. Double-depth cross wings flank the hall, containing reception rooms at the front. A two-story entrance porch is situated behind the stair hall on the left side, with a taller, probably guest wing, set back to the left, three rooms deep, and a lower service range and walled courtyard in an English cottage style set back to the right.

The front of the house, with a 1:1:3:1, 2-bay arrangement, has the central 1:3:1 principal range projecting forward. The left bay is taller and of similar style. The two bays on the right are in the English cottage style, with rubble walls to the ground floor and plastered above, using moulded wall plates to mimic shallow jetties to the first floor and gables. The right-hand gable sweeps down. Mullioned windows and leaded casements with transoms are featured on the principal range and the tall wing on the left. A Tuscan colonnade fronts the three central bays of the principal range, with an elliptical arch in the central bay, and round arches on either side. The doorway is set back behind the central arch and combined with a three-light window. A balcony lies above the colonnade, topped by hipped dormers with three lights to the central dormer and two lights to the flanking dormers. A projecting gable end on the left has a 1:2:2:2:1-light canted bay at ground floor and a four-light window above, while the other gable end on the right showcases five-light windows on each floor. Wings set back on the left and rear of the main house have similar windows including a tall four-light, transommed stair hall window and a tall, two-light service stair window with two transoms. The right-hand wing has two and three-light wooden casements with wooden glazing bars. The rear porch features a basket-arched doorway and an original panelled door.

The ground floor front and stair hall of the original house were inspected and remain virtually unaltered from their original appearance. The hall has oak panelled walls and original chimney-pieces. The stair hall features an open-well stair with alternate turned and twist balusters, along with moulded ceiling cornices and other original features. One room on the left has a built-in dresser at the rear and window seats in the bay windows.