Boddington Manor

Bodington Manor is a former manor house, now used as offices, likely dating from the 17th century, with substantial rebuilding during the early to mid-19th century and alterations in the late 19th century and 1901. The building is constructed of red brick (from the 17th century), ashlar stone, and late 19th-century brick, with a stone slate roof. It has an 'L' shaped plan, consisting of wings. The two-storey entrance wing, two rooms deep, has four windows overlooking the courtyard. The other wing is three storeys high and one room deep, having four windows and the same eaves level as the entrance wing.

The front entrance features a plinth and stone mullion and transom windows with arched lights and hood moulds. A left return shows a single-storey rectangular bay with a four-light window, a string course, and a plain parapet. Above this bay is a two-light window and a crow-stepped gable with a stone finial. A flat-roofed section, slightly set back on the right, has a three-light window on the ground floor and a single-light window above, with an arched head. It also includes a corbelled course and a crenellated parapet. The main facade has a single-storey open porch with a moulded arch and hood mould. Square projections rise above the roofline, having chamfered angles and a stepped centrepiece incorporating quatrefoils, and a central crest. A three-light window is positioned to the right, with a hood mould extending to form a string course. Above, three three-light windows are topped by a flat-roofed parapet, with single and grouped octagonal chimneys having moulded caps. A slight projection forms a tower; it has a string course at the first floor, a three-light window above, another string course, a plain third stage, a corbelled course, and a crenellated parapet. A turret rises from the left corner, featuring a cruciform slit and a parapet similar to that below. The right wing features a plinth and four three-light mullioned windows on the ground and first floors, each light with an arched head and a hood mould. Four two-light mullioned windows are on the second floor. A central chimney is on the ridge, with three octagonal flues and a moulded cap. The right return has a plinth, a projecting central chimney with stone offsets at the first floor and eaves level, and three octagonal flues as described above. A two-light mullioned window is on the ground floor, a small slit on the first, paired oval quatrefoils to the right, and single oval quatrefoils on each side of the second floor, culminating in a crow-stepped gable.

The original house was an 'L' shape, with a stair turret in the angle. In the 19th century, the left wing was doubled in depth, the tower was raised, and oval windows on the top floor of the right wing were altered to two-light mullioned designs. Chimneys were rebuilt during this period. A ballroom was added in 1901. Verey documented an early 18th-century fireplace with Ionic columns. The entrance hall was raised to two storeys in 1971 and includes a Jacobean-style strapwork balustrade. The interior and grounds are not accessible, and the description is based on observations from the road and a sale catalogue.