Bolehyde Manor

Bolehyde Manor is a large house with origins in the 16th century, but largely rebuilt in the mid-17th century. It is located in Chippenham Without Allington and was formerly listed under the name Bulidge House in Kington St. Michael. The house is constructed of rubble stone with ashlar dressings and has stone-tiled roofs. It has a largely L-shaped plan, with a main range dating to the mid-17th century built in front of a lower rear range, possibly from the 16th century. The main range is two-and-a-half storeys high, while the rear range is two storeys high.

The south front of the main range features end wall stacks, with a rebuilt stack on the west gable and paired ashlar stacks on the east. There are three gabled sections, each with stone-mullion windows recessed within hollow-mouldings with hoodmoulds and relieving arches over the ground and first floor windows; these surrounds have been much restored or renewed in the early 20th century. The attic windows are two-light, while those on the main floors are four-light. To the right of the centre gable is a fine, later 17th-century, ashlar-fronted, two-storey projecting porch with a top balustrade and two corner busts. It has a three-light upper window with a hood and a fine, bolection-moulded doorway with a cornice strip above. The inner doorway is chamfered with a Tudor-arched head and has a studded plank door. There is a one window range addition at the east end with its own stack and renewed two-light and three-light windows with hoods.

The rear north side has a large gable with a two-light window and a hood, while the first floor has a three-light window with a hood and a two-light window with a dripstone. A ground floor door is set within a fine, late 17th-century moulded doorcase with a hood on brackets, alongside a large two-light unmoulded window with leaded fixed lights and a single-light ovolo-moulded window. To the left end, on both floors, is a small light. A west end rear wing has a west gable, with two-light attic and three-light first floor windows with hoodmoulds, a 20th-century ground floor window, and a short range connecting to the rear range. The east side has a long catslide roof, a 20th-century dormer, and a 20th-century ground floor addition.

The rear range, running west-east, has end wall stacks and a north wall stack with stone set-offs and a brick shaft. The east end openings face a courtyard and are 20th-century. The west end projects beyond the line of the main house with a two-storey south front. This front has two window ranges of plain two-light mullion windows with small-paned casements, a door, and a narrow two-light window above, likely dating to the early 19th century.

The interior features a fine, later 17th-century staircase with a closed string, scrolled applied brackets, square newels and balusters, panelled with moulded newel caps and rail. There are heavy chamfered beams. The east end has a renewed Tudor-arched fireplace, while the west end retains an original Tudor-arched moulded fireplace with shield spandrels. There is a panelled north wall to the north west wing.