Botolph House

Botolph House is a house dating to circa 1712. The east front is of red brick with gauged brick heads to the windows, an ashlar plinth, and a moulded wooden modillion cornice to the eaves and pediment. The north and south sides are of vitreous headers with red brick quoins and window surrounds, and a moulded brick plinth. The rear is of chequer brick. An eaves cornice runs all the way around the building. The roof is hipped with tile covering, and there are brick chimneys. The house has a double pile plan. It is two storeys high with a basement and attic, and consists of five bays. The three centre bays project slightly with a pediment. The basement has irregular barred wooden casements. The main floors have 3-pane sash windows; the outer bays of the ground floor windows have moulded brick edgings, and those flanking the front door have shaped heads. The central first-floor window has a moulded stone surround with a splayed architrave and balustraded apron. A stone porch below has attached Ionic columns and a restored entablature with a pulvinated frieze. The wooden inner doorcase has rusticated piers and panelled reveals, surrounding a 9-panelled door with a semi-circular radiating fanlight. An oval window is located in the pediment, with a moulded stone surround and radiating glazing bars. The north and south sides, each with three bays, have similar sash windows, along with some blind window panels, and two hipped dormers with moulded cornices and paired barred casements. The rear elevation has sash windows to the first floor and two Serlian windows to the ground floor. A pedimented dormer contains a barred thermal window. Small, single-storey, 20th-century extensions are located to the left and centre.

Inside, the central entrance hall features three bays of quadripartite vaulting, a moulded cornice, and two doors with architrave surrounds and pulvinated friezes. A Serlian arch with Doric columns provides access to a 18th-century staircase with turned balusters and a moulded handrail. A fine 18th-century carved wooden doorcase and fireplace surround are found in the north-east ground floor room, both exhibiting panelled pilasters, ornate bracketed cornices, and friezes of swags and scrolled Rococo decoration. The south-east room has an arched china cupboard with shaped shelves and a fluted architrave surround.