Boulston Manor

Boulston Manor is a country house, likely dating to the 18th century, constructed of unpainted stucco with slate hipped roofs. It has flat eaves and red brick chimneys. The house is arranged in a U-plan, with the primary facade facing south and the main entrance positioned to the west.

The southern facade features a broad, recessed central bay flanked by projecting, hipped-roofed side bays. The recessed centre has a Palladian tripartite window on each floor, while the side bays have long, arched-headed sash windows with intersecting Gothic glazing bars on both levels (over 12 panes generally, except the ground floor centre Palladian window which now has 20th-century glazed double doors). The Palladian windows also contain eight-pane side lights. Painted stone sills are present throughout. A bow-fronted terrace of sandstone flags extends from the centre, with basement grilles on either side of a flight of six sandstone steps. A curved balcony is supported by two Roman Doric timber columns and two half-columns, located on the terrace platform. The cornice has been altered, and curving wrought iron railings are present on the first floor, though the area is said to have previously had a tent canopy.

The long, plain sides of the house feature 12-pane hornless sash windows. The west side, with seven bays, has wider spacing on either side of the central bay, and a porch is positioned in the centre of the right three bays. A brick ridge stack is located to the left of the central bay. The porch is reached by eight broad sandstone steps with wrought iron rails. The enclosed timber porch features Roman Doric angle columns, pilaster responds, a frieze, and a dentil cornice. Double half-glazed doors with marginal glazing bars, side lights, and top lights provide access, with fixed small-paned glazing on the sides. A moulded doorcase inside incorporates a dentil cornice and an incised frieze. The east side has two brick ridge stacks and a five-window range with a 20th-century French window in the ground floor left bay.

Behind the main range lies a deep, narrow rear court, with a sunk basement and an outshut featuring a very long 42-pane window. Projections or outshuts extend from the rear of each wing at the angle to the main range. The outshut on the west range has a 12-pane sash window on the first floor north side, while the rear is largely windowless to the first floor, with a side-wall brick stack and three hipped dormers with 12-pane windows along the eaves. The ground floor extends north from the outshut with a lean-to featuring a nine-pane and a square six-pane window, extending further north to a six-pane window, an arch-headed door with a fanlight, two six-pane windows, and a plain door. Stone steps lead down to a basement area, turning through an arch under the east range. Open passages run under both the east and west sides, the east passage having a broad four-panel basement door at the south end. Adjoining the east range is a wall with a door that leads to a plain hipped, two-story, four-bay block featuring square eight-pane sashes above and 16-pane sashes below, with an arched window in the third bay, presumably formerly a doorway. The block has two rear wall brick stacks.

The interior is said to retain the plan-form of a long entrance hall in the west wing, with stairs located at the north end, featuring a ramped rail and stick balusters. Other interior details include six-panel doors and panelled shutters. A centre room facing the garden has a moulded cornice. A small room is located in the southwest corner.