Conservation Management Plan - London Borough of …democraticservices.hounslow.gov.uk/(S(qibw4r45wpxeg4mgckppte45... · As Faulkner, in his history of Brentford of 1845, ... (uncovered

Boston ManorConservation Management Plan

June 2011

LDN Architects

Boston Manor

Boston Manor

Introduction

The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding support of English Heritage and the London Borough Hounslow, which has allowed the preparation of this report.

Hounslow Borough Council with financial support from English Heritage has commissioned a suite of reports for Boston Manor House and Park. The reports include a Conservation Management Plan for the House, Conservation Management Plan for the Park and an Options Appraisal. These reports have been produced by a single team of consultants and each report has been informed by the other. In recognition of the varying range of interests in Boston Manor the findings have been reported in 3 separate volumes. For a full understanding of Boston Manor House and Park all 3 volumes should be read.

The Options Appraisal relies on the findings and policies presented in the Conservation Management Plans. The Conservation Management Plans also consider the relationships between the House and the Park and vice versa.

In preparing the Conservation Management Plans the study team has had access to previous studies and reports on Boston Manor. The most significant of these is the Richard Griffiths Architects’ Condition Survey, October 2007. This was commissioned on behalf of GlaxoSmithKline for the benefit of Hounslow Borough Council. The study team has also had access to the additional report by Richard Griffiths Architects and Alan Baxter Associates on the Boston Manor House Repair Recommendations, October 2009. These have informed the Conservation Management Plan for the House and have provided the basis for the costings included in the Options Appraisal, updated by recent inspections of the House. The Condition Survey and Repair Recommendations reports are extremely detailed and have not been reproduced within the suite of reports but are available from Hounslow Borough Council.

Boston Manor

Boston Manor

Contents

1.0 Study Team

2.0 Listed Building Description

3.0 Extract from Buildings of England

4.0 Map History

5.0 Architectural Assessment

6.0 Timeline

7.0 Building Phases

8.0 Layout during 19th Century

9.0 Statement of Significance

10.0 Significance Diagrams

11.0 Defining Issues and Conservation Policies

12.0 Current Condition

Appendix 1.=

Boston Manor

Boston Manor

1.0 Study Team

Economic Consultant: Jura Consultants Limited 7 Straiton View Straiton Business Park Loanhead Midlothian EH20 9QZ T: 0131 440 6750 F: 0131 450 6751

Architect: LDN Architects 57-59 Bread Street Edinburgh EH3 9AH T: 0131 222 2900 F: 0131 222 2901

Landscape Architect: Peter McGowan Associates 6 Duncan Street Edinburgh EH9 1SZ T: 0131 662 1313

Boston Manor

Boston Manor



Boston Manor


Boston Manor

Boston Manor

Boston Manor


London 3: North West

Boston Manor


Boston Manor

Pages 387 to 389:

Boston Manor, Boston Manor Road. Still in its own grounds, although divided into flats in 1963. It is one of a small group of substantial brick houses built in the London neighbourhood in the first half of the c17 that are notable for their early use of a compact double-pile plan. The exterior is attractive, but not in its original state. It is of six by four bays, three storeys high, with a lower service wing to the N. The gables and wide-jointed red brickwork of English bond are of the early c17, but the heavily modelled classical window surrounds and bold dentilled cornice of stone between second and third floors are additions, probably of the later c17, in a not entirely satisfactory effort to bring the house up to date with the style of Jones and Webb. The rainwater heads indeed bear two dates, 1622 and 1670. The house belonged to Mary, Lady Reade, widow of a stepson of Sir Thomas Gresham, who had owned Boston Manor together with Osterley Park. Lady Reade’s initials and the date 1623 also appear on the great chamber ceiling. In 1670 the estate was bought by James Clitherow, an East India merchant. His account book records that the purchase price was £5,336, and that in 1671 he spent £1,439 on the house. This implies quite substantial alterations, which may include the cornice and window surrounds. On the S side remains of a small blocked circular window imply different earlier fenestration; on the N side there are suggestive remnants of a brick plat band which, if carried round, would occupy the space now taken by the ground-floor pediments, but heavy triple keystones. The top-floor windows are simply linked in pairs by a moulded band. In each gable is a round-headed niche. The entrance is on the E side, by a porch which is an obvious c19 Jacobean pastiche. The side windows of a former tripartite entrance (presumably c18) remain. (It is shown on a view of 1794) The doorway surround was added in 1963, when the house was restored by Donald Insall & Partners. The W side is more irregular: the windows of the two centre bays reflect the staircase, and there is no second-floor cornice. On this side there is no break with the service wing, which, although much altered, may be of the same date as the house. It was extended E after 1840.

The original plan of the house can only partly be understood. The N part, with the service end, has been much altered, and the centre too, with entrance hall leading to the staircase, may not be in its original form. S of this are the main rooms, facing S and E, divided by a massive spine wall with chimneystacks. The entrance hall, with its coarsely scaled screen and plasterwork, is, like the porch, c19 Jacobean revival; it may originally have been part of the larger room to the S. In the SW room, formerly the library, is a c19 painted ceiling with tentative strapwork and fictive grained beams. The staircase is partly authentic earlier c17; the raking arcaded balustrade with square tapering uprights is echoed by a painted dado discovered during restoration in 1963. But the newels show evidence of reconstruction, and the lions on them (of composition material, not wood) are additions. The broad flight of the stairs ends at the first floor (again perhaps as a result of later alterations). On the walls of the narrower flight continuing to the second floor is a mid c18 wallpaper showing Roman ruins. Dates of the later alterations are problematic. Accounts for 1805-8 record substantial repairs and alterations after the accession of Colonel James Clitherow (1841), including the installation of several fireplaces. Accounts from 1809 to 1820 are missing, and from 1820 to 1840 only minor repairs are recorded.

As Faulkner, in his history of Brentford of 1845, mentions a recent fire, the neo-Jacobean work may have been carried out later, perhaps at the instigation of C J Richardson, who published drawings of the 1623 ceiling the The Builder in 1844.

The best rooms are on the first floor. The great chamber, measuring 12.50 by 6 metres, is on the E side. In it is the remarkable plaster ceiling of 1623, with an intricate pattern of enriched double ribs with strapwork in lower relief, and an exceptional number of emblematic reliefs in roundels, including the five senses, the four elements (from designs by Gheeraerts), Faith, Hope, and Charity, War and Peace and Plenty. On the chimneypiece a plater overmantel with lovely strapwork and arabesques based on an engraving of 1584 by Abraham de Bruyn. In the centre an oval with the sacrifice of Isaac and the inscription ‘In the Mount of the Lord it shall be seene’ (discovered during restoration beneath the Clitherow motto). The plaster panel is flanked by ferns; the gadrooned shelf below, and the carved panel with festoons of fruit and a head, are in a more Jonesian spirit, quite different from the old-fashioned Netherlandish ornament of the rest. In the smaller state bedchamber to the SW is another strapwork ceiling with a single medallion of Hope, a strapwork frieze (uncovered during restorations), and a later c17 fireplace surround with marble bolection-moulding. Between this room and the staircase a plain anteroom with a marble fireplace of c18 type.

In the grounds, brick stables, and a square pigeon house.

Buildings of England

London 3: North West

Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Persner

Boston Manor

Boston Manor

4.0 Map History

4.0 Map History

Boston Manor

Moses Glover’s Map of 1635

Map created by Moses Glover in 1635 of Isleworth Hundred for Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland. Top of map points West with property of Sir Edward Spencer (second husband of Lady Mary Reade) shown in bottom right hand corner. Multi- gabled house old manor at Burston?

4.0 Map History

Boston Manor

John Rocque’s Environs of London - 1747

John Rocque was a surveyor and cartographer. He began work on a detailed map of London in 1735 and published it in 24 sheets in 1747. This section is shown with South West to the top of the page. Boston House is shown with a square block and projecting north wing and other outbuildings. The north wing is though to post-date this map. Perhaps this suggests other structures were present before the permanent brick wing was built in phases.

4.0 Map History

Boston Manor

Ealing Parish Map 1777

The Ealing Parish Survey and Plan of 1777 shows Boston House again as a elongated shape suggesting earlier structures than the kitchen extension of the 1780s.

4.0 Map History

Boston Manor

Ealing Parish Map (rev) 1828

The revised Ealing Parish map of 1828 show Boston House (belonging to James Clitherow) with the same layouts as 1777.

4.0 Map History

Boston Manor

Tithe Map of New Brentford 1838

The Tithe Map of New Brentford 1838 (top of map northeast) shows Boston House with an elongated north wing.

4.0 Map History

Boston Manor

Ward Bd

yCR

Ward Bdy

CR

CC

Ward BdyCR

Posts

Posts

980

TRANSPORT AVENUE

5

18

19

Pond

4

Sub Sta

3

1

PH

2

Superstore

1

Shelter

991

Brentside Executive Centre

Club

948

Lock

FB

FB

8

Depot

4

WEST CROSS

WAY

6

9.2m

Boston Manor Park

Cycle T

rack

2 to 5

Warehouse

13.7m

Cycle T

rack

AMALGAMATED

DRIVE

WINDSOR CLOSE

Dismantled Railway

3

2

10.7m

9

West Lin

k House

Sub Sta

14

Great West

16

21

5

Works

950

El

River B

rent

Bollard

1

Bollard

Trading Estate

1

22

2

17

BollardBollard

6

Grand Union Canal

20

Pavilion

5.8m

El Sub Sta

WB

Station

14

24

Refuse Transfer

8

WB

SHIELD DRIVE

GREAT WEST

ROAD

FB

9.7m

MP 11

River Brent

El Sub Sta

Towing Path

9.5m

Allotment Gardens

El

9

West Cross

Centre

West Cross H

ouse

6

DRIV

E

Pond

SHIELD

Multi Car PK

FB

Athena Court

Pond

MA

CFA

RLA

NE

LAN

E

Sta

Works

3

RYAN DRIVE

El Sub Sta

3

Works

Works

Club

El Sub Sta

1

El Sub Sta

3

SHIELD DRIVE

AMALGAMATED

DRIVE

GRA

NT

WAY

Ramp

9

1

El

Superstore

Sub

7

6

128

2

Sports

Refuse Transfer Station

8

Ground

MP 2.75

Car Park

2

3

Factory

El Sub Sta

El Su

b St

a

Factory

4

2

House

Tank

1

4

El

Centaurs Business

El Sub Sta

New Horizons Court

Works

Factory

1

El Sub Sta

HAR

LEQ

UIN

AVE

NUE

Factory

Sta

Park

Warehouse

West Cross

Centre

2

Depot

Wyke Green Golf Course

Shelter

15

El

FB

8

Sub

6

27

Sub Sta

7

5

FF

Und

Boro Const, GL Asly Const & LB Bdy

CF

FF

FF

Boston Farm Cottages

7

301

15

93

70

Playing Field

103

26

50

148

114

138

160

172

126

287

14

251

90

275

227

184

26

215

74

50

203

14

38

62

20.7m

SWYN

COMBE A

VENUE

Northfields DepotSL

263

19113

91

Allotment Gardens

59

Courts

1

SL

Sports Ground

BOSTON MANOR ROAD

Pavilion

TCB

11a

2

Durston House

69

51

Allotment Gardens

104

BOSTON GARDENS

27

Boston Manor Playing Fields

Nursery

Playing Field

37

27

62

38

Pavilion

19.8m

239

49

LB

Tennis

201

39

194

11

CF

FF

FF

Ward Bdy

FF

CR

FF

Und

FF


FW

1 to 6

CourtInspire

19a

12a

15b

23a

8a

21a

19b

9a

1 to 6

105

El

23

96

98

Towing Path

76

20 to 37

86

2

14 to

19

313

83

BOST

ON

GARD

ENS

202

SL

108

198

1 to 19

95

Garage

11

SL

Boundary

Boston Gardens

CAWDOR CRE

SCEN

T

2

14

36

7

24

22.2m

11142

167

10

25

69

Sand

Dra

g

1

TCB

LB

2422

311

12

SL

1

Evershed Sports Ground

Allotment Gardens

13

179

SL

Boston Parade

SOUTH

DO

WN

AVENUE

Bren

t

Sub Sta7

to 1

2

M 4

Rive

r

Winds

SB

156

El

20

24

SL

BOSTON MANOR ROAD

13

Elthorne Park

Path

19

6

1

25.0m

PO

MP 11.5

2

6

House

6

1

19

20

22.3m

30

21.6m

Wyndham Court

Path


57

12

WAY

WELLMEA

DOW ROAD

BOSTO

N RO

AD

BOSTON GARDENS

307

CLITHERO

W AVEN

UE

16

24

2

15

SL

12

SL

5

Bosto

n Man

or Sta

tion

South

1 to

6

14

BOSTON VALE

Four

TCB

18

Pavilion

Bridge House

Bridge House

BURN

HAM

39

Sub Sta

CC

CR

Ward Bdy

Surgery

A to G

Sports Ground

Works

109

House

5


Bollard

100

Weir

Dorin

cour

t

Pp

1

2

3

7

121

56

22

5

13

20

2

1

175

135

D Fn

151

185

5

139

10

Bollard

163

1

Grand Union Canal

THE R

IDE

Holly

croft

Lake

Lakeside

M 4

PC

Bollards

10

CLITHEROW ROAD

Tilg

ate

Stone

Depot

Depot

Warehouse

9

Warehouse

Bowling Green

Warehouse

Playground

Car Park

Lock

BOSTO

N MANOR ROAD

14.0m

Boston Manor Park

Works

18.9m

Bollard

TRANSPORT AVENUE

Bollard

Towing Path

18.6m

Works

2

Stone

Lodge

Gantry

Shelter

66

MP

Stone

Bosto

n Man

or

7a

Stable

Block

18.6m

Alde

rmas

ton

BOSTON GARDENS

Gantry

14

2

PC

Tennis Courts

Pavilion

Bollard

Rive

r Bre

nt

Boston Manor Park

Weir

Boston Manor

46

Shelter

1 to 19

17.7m

Ward Bdy

CR

Conveyor

Conveyor

Conveyor

Lighting Tower

Weighbridge

Conveyor

Pavilion

Wyke Green Golf Course

Towing Path


SL

Gallows Bridge

SL

Weir

River Brent

L Twr

Depot

Works

Signal

Grand Union Canal

Station

Warehouse

Refuse Transfer

TRANSPORT AVENUE

Towing Path

Conveyor

Warehouse TRANSPORT AVEN

UE

Tank

Works

WB

El Sub Sta

Light

Gantry


Drain

El Sub Sta

Warehouse

MP 11.75

M 4

Weighbridge

CF

FW

CF

CR

CP

Ward Bdy

CF

CR

Parr Cottage

CourtyardFerry Quays

56b

5 to 8

1 to 4

Eastwinds Cottage

23a

SchoolHouse

KINGSL

EIGH CLO

SE

21

8

11 to 15

109

Alexandra House

1 to 771

AVENUE

9.8m

Braemar

El

6.4m

SOMER

SET ROAD

82

4

13

WIN

DM

ILL ROA

D

ROAD

1

The Mall

Griffin Park

54

Terraces

HALF ACRE

SQUARE

Shelt

ers

BRAEMAR ROAD

9

1

FERRY

39

41

5

12

44

1 to

28

ALBANY

9

15

Fn

17

11

WESTBURY PLACE

10.7m

2

Sub Sta

24

Berkeley

72

1 to 8

BROO

K LAN

E NO

RTH

11.3m

25 to

48

17

14

11.0m1

60

17 to 24

12

64

50

12

32

Cedar Court

War Mem

orial

20

9 to 16

24

11

34

9.8m

El

9

66

42

Post

Court

LATEW

ARD ROAD

St Raphael

s

MaryvilleCare Home

Nursery

Infant and Junior School

1

Library

12

3 to 6

PLACE

58

67

7.0m

6

Post

45

BOSTON MANOR ROAD

54

19 to 24

Club

14

2

7 to 12

98

St Paul's Church

37

56 to 57

7

Church

Car Park

16

Clifden House

43

4

10.1m

53

(1 to 20)

15

75

23

ST PAUL'S ROAD

6

HIGH ST

REET

St Paul's House

30

44

38

30

LB

34

16 18

Posts

38

THE BUTTS

26

1

Sub Sta

Surgery

BROCKSH

OT CL

1 to 8

46

5

Obelisk

ST PAUL'S ROAD

Brook

El

9

13

King's Arms Alley

2

13

64

96

3

17

41

ORCHARD

11.0m

10

4

27

2

PH

8

11

36a

2

9 10

L Twr

5

28

24

55

12

ALBANY ROAD

4

El Sub Sta

Posts

Court

Centre

5

Church

St Pauls C of E Nursery,

22

1

2

Brook Court

43

BROOK ROAD SOUTH

37

Depot

7

65

38

27

El Sub Sta

52

35

SIDNEY

GARDENS

53a

14

14

9.4m

NEW ROAD

17

9.4m

14

PH

7

27

3

2

36

21

3

13

BACK LANE

44

Works

35

Playground

LB

5

TCB

ALEXANDRA ROAD

Somerset L

odge

59

54

12.2m

St Mary's

59

1 to 6

House

TOW

N M

EADO

W

Brentford School for Girls

18

2

21

Games Courts

28

31

26

15

11

3

52

55

32

40

45

32

13 to 18

45

572

59

13

MAF

EKIN

G

6

36

71

56

Methodist

5

36

D Fn

Sub Sta

GROSVEN

OR ROAD

2

46

9

Parish Centre

7

1

County Court

El Sub Sta

25

El Su

b St

a

23

Business

22

PC

110

5

Warehouse

20

Clifden Court

12

1 to 6

and

73

57

69

39

62

11

St Pauls Recreation Ground

1 to 8

9.1m

Lane

65

Day Nursery

24

46 to 51

11 12

1

(Brentford FC)

MEWS

16

Terraces

1

MP.5

CLIFDEN ROADBrentford

HAMILTON ROAD

7 8

1

Watermans

25

1 to

24

6

1

36

L Twr

HALF ACRE

Games Courts

56

5

Convent

61

2

1

Works

Car Park

60

79

68

Police Station

26

31

39

9.8m

28

Cranbrook C

ourt

69

77

12

88

76

68

12

2 to 8

10

HouseBramley

CW

CW

FW

Boro Const,GL Asly Const & LB Bdy

Boro Const,GL A

sly Const &

LB Bdy

CF

BS

FF

Und

CF

BS

FW

CW

FW

CW

Und

FF

FW

Und

FW

FW

FF

FW

CentreCommunity

84

26

Games Court

33

7 to 12

194

200

GREENLAWN LANE

32

13 to 18

19

1 to 6

25

Playground

122

122b

197a

16.6m

Gardens19.0m

107

Carlyle House

to 56

13.7m

33

197

123 to 139

Sub Sta

131

13.4m

3

58

51a

War Meml

72

1

10.7m

3

40

69

39

17

CHESTNUT AVENUE

DARWIN ROAD

52

180

15.9m

Ashleigh Court

13.4m

19

13

54

20

South Ealin

g

2

1

25

15a

72

CentreHealthEaling Park

Ottoman Court

195a

55

Hall

68

59

GARTH

151

Mission

76

111

13

136

20

View

12

15.2m

1

82

Walnut Tree

37

6

25

TCB

CARLYLE ROAD

47

8

CLAYPONDS

41

10

10

5

1

225

1

CHILTON AVENUE

47

28

LAWRENCE ROAD

243

7 to 15

29

45

34

36

11.8m

25

16.8m

48

7

18

35

199

35

140

13.1m

South Ealing Cemetery

37

Posts

1

Chapel

Chapel

114

18

21

1

26

87

15

14

24

23

117

15

9

146

234

178

2

11

1

13

94 to 110

42

6

24

166

1

19 to 35

116

1 to 70

13

13

240

64

48 to 64

1

15

14

32

66

66

54

PH

102

212

172

6

17

19.1m

154

201

222

14.6m

10

Lodge

Murray Terrace

235

29a

122

15

34

31

9

65 to 81

1

93

194

58

16

House

112

1

162

17

15

6

232

6

CLAYPONDS GARDENS

8

18

Lodge

Allotment

51f

1

141

Ashmount Terrace

2

146

LB

5

Lawrence

152 to 168

OCCUPATION LANE

4

30

42

13

APPLE G

ARTH

1 to 9

Shelter

50

37

13

18

30

81

55

19

to

42

79

42

68

126

12 to 16a

1 to 27

60

25

49

Lindsey House

33

SOU

TH E

ALI

NG

RO

AD

27

145

JUNCTIO

N RO

AD

7

14CHERRY G

ARTH

PLUM

El EALIN

G RO

AD

224

El Sub Sta

1 to 12

14

7

192

88

3

GARDEN

S

16.6m

41

House

ENFI

ELD

RO

AD

1 to 6

49

5

4

MURRAY ROAD

WHITESTILE ROAD

South

15.0m

TCB

13

14.0m

59

15.6m

105a

119

13

8

43

49

Lodge

90

Ward Bdy

CR

6

1

11

9

El Sub Sta

El Sub Sta

7 to 8

1

24

1020

57

10

67

Layton

31

12.6m

12.3m

9

LB

87

2

4

73

1

NO

RTH

12

to 78

Griffin Park

31

80

6

5

28

11

Terraces

42

12

14

21558

22

17

10

5

49 and 51

11

1

24

14

1 to 39

33

25

27

12

58

79

1 to 9

8

28

7

WIN

DM

ILL ROA

D

20

Shelter

19

44

20

39

Posts

to 62

82

4

154

24

12

370

CHAL

LIS

ROAD

EALING ROAD

Court

11.8m

45

Shelter

Adelaide

LB

11.3m

12.5m

S Gantry

EALIN

G RO

AD

14

2

53

12.2m

LB

2

Cycle Track

20

51a

13.7m

Posts

45

2

217

21

8

AVENUE ROAD

1

26

71

13

2

1

2

4

205

4

12.0m

Elevated road

25

26

House

10

9

Subway

77

27

5

11

5

47

1713

23

Court

P 61

1

CLA

YTO

N C

RESC

ENT

1

LB

24

Works

56

41

10

Posts

221

3

11

28

38

57

79

46

22

NEW ROAD

85LB

12.3m

PH

PH

34

14

CLEMENTS PLACE

Baltic Centre

41

49

51

43

York Parade

32

36

WHITESTILE

ROAD

52

Warehouse

1

29

193

49

81

BROO

K LAN

E

1

Brook Lodge

Lambert Lodge

29

74

Brook Lane Business C

entre

70

Shelter

50

Posts

Car Park

55

Terrace

1

10

86

8

11.3m

Posts

M 4

63

21

55

38 to

46

155

29

53

10

19

32

25

to 67

Sub Sta

12

82

5

64

59

Tank

35

22

3

El

LAYTON ROAD

12.5m

El Sub Sta

Mercury

35

Phoenix Trading Park

GREAT WEST ROAD

19

164

Enfield Walk

24

1

EAST

BOURNE R

OAD

7

36

33 to

37

GROVE ROAD

100

9

12

NORTH

30

11

1

El Sub StaThe New England

GLENHURST

1

16.2m

GREAT WEST ROAD

20

YORK ROAD

12

32

68

15

CH

ERRY GA

RTH

FB

23

15

MERCURY RD

2

ROAD 1

13

37

Post

2

L Twr

11

47

ENFI

ELD

RO

AD

Subway

SPRINGVALE AVENUE

7

ORCHARD ROAD

10

52

6

1

69

10

33

27

101

BROO

K LANE N

ORTH

75

(Brentford FC)

Garage

10

3

17

69

2

BROOK LANE

65

100

47

CR

CRWard Bdy

Ward Bdy

CR

2

HouseGreat West

G W 1

8

TALLOW ROAD

1 to 10

20

Braunsto

n

House

12

1 to 54

Adams Q

uarter

21

Posts

980

4 to 9

6

4

3

House

1

PH

Shelter

32

11

24

23

20

Brentsid

e Execu

tive

6

2

Downside

22

29

Holly

Hou

se

9.1m

16

3

Computer House

1

SIDNE

Y

4

27

3

6

3

Coach

BRENTSIDE

12

Allotment Gardens

Towing Path

21

31

7

FB

4

Sub Sta

32

7

13

10.4m

1

1

Warehouse

30

4

6

7

UPPER BUTTS

El Sub Sta

19

34

6

44

BOST

ON PARK

ROAD

2

62

CHURCH WALK

3

El

32

8

BOSTON MANOR ROAD

12a

5

29

18

68

11.6m

3

28

38

4

THE BUTTS

16

1

ParkRecreation Ground

Tank

23

WILLOW CLO

SE

Depot

25

14.9m

LB

UPPER BUTTS

Station Parade

13

Grand Union Canal

11.9m

11.0m

10

12.2m

THE

Rock Works

El

35

1

11.9m

Brentford Station

Helen

23

14

26

36

8

3

1

1

12

2

25

CHURCH WALK

4

13

27

ROAD

View

5.5m

Sub Sta

12.5m

The Cedars

GLE

NH

URS

T

1

5

18

Hall

3

50

RIVERBANK WAY

9

1000

GDNS

4

1

4

Car Park

2

2

COMMERCE ROAD

MP .75

Post

1

14

2

25

15

TCB

30

13

31

9

DEL

L

Glan

Walk

13

5

26

11

19

11a

11

15

1

5

River Brent

11.3m

Bollard

33

28

5

16

11b

7

Warehouse

3

35

LB

3

BRENT ROAD

5.8m

Brentford Lodge

Bollard

SOMER

SET ROAD

ORCHARD

ROAD

Footprints

GREAT WEST

ROAD

Depot

11.6m

19

Towing Path

5

Centre

El Sub Sta ROBIN GROVE

Works

7

2

56

114

17

Health Centre

5

GL Asly

Const Bdy

CF

CW

Def

CW


CF

LB Bd

yBo

ro Const and

CF

FF

Und

CH

CF

126126a

66

GP

18.0m

110

Recreation Ground

5

Northfields

205

27

33

21.6m

238a

1

280

2

32

2

17.7m

3

19.2m

142

69a

171

133

221

79

43

2

168

Catholic

School

29

119

1 to 8

23

1

DARWIN ROAD

4

71

19.5m

88

114

Hall

69

121

22

364

28

191

22

16

53

242a

14

83

109

320

53

LB

St Anne's Convent School

244

170

Windm

ill Co

urt

111

73

44

64

105

102

BIRKBECK ROAD

14

1

109

235

297

83

64

121

129

RADBO

URNE AVENUE

13

CHANDOS AVENUE

4

2

69

27

Courts

58

1

TCB

207

352

22

NIAGARA AVENUE

21.0m

Pavilion

69

61

GP

104

11

6

26

91

97

30

122

69

268

59

House

240

14

14

87

332

Picker

ing Hou

se

EALIN

G PARK GARDEN

S

2

Windmill C

ourt

141

80

1

13

82

27

56

35

LB

13

2

19

66

141

18

236

132

292

51

2

318

144

2

1

6

21

14

1

183

14

62

306

31

20

120

80

12

113

WINDM

ILL

WINDMILL

ROAD

28

119

76

129

86

181

5

154

104

132

99

LAWRENCE ROAD

NO

RTHFIELD

AVENUE

84

CARLYLE

ROAD

256

PH

142

19

4

320

4879

242

17

13

17

32

245

13

60

Laurel

89

Rochester

93

71

92

71

187

Stone

Rochester Mews

92

94

95

1

47

23

69

PC

29

15

LITTLE

EALIN

G LANE

1

159

JUNCTIO

N RO

AD

12

ROAD

1

45

Niagara House

House

3

67

175

14.6m

106

43

10

THE RIDE

25

for Boys

59

Clinic

109

15.5m

149

198

210

3

72

MURRAY ROAD

SWYNCOMBE

AVENUE

68

85

93

16

15

96

39

101

82

180

41

63

85

Durston House Playing Field

75

89

1 to 9

238

Garage

34

142a

17

3

Gunnersbury

61

42

CONVENT GARDEN

S

GUMLEIGH ROAD

57

19

13

18

13

342

190

12

223

39

33

5

28

Tennis

213

13

302

13

160

28

7

24

2

2

25

197

2a

12

80

72

70

189

HOLLIES

ROAD

FW

FW

EK

CR

FF

FW

Boro Const, GL A

sly Const

& LB Bd

y

Def

Ward Bdy

FW

FF

The C

hildr

ens H

ouse

122a

122

114

44

SchoolThe Little

Paragon

Block D

Block F

Block

E

Block C

1 to 9

1 to 24

1 to 35

1 to 65

Block B

Block A

Block

H

Block

G

1 to 178

1 to 42

67a

HouseSchool

77a

Clinic

1010

BOST

ON PARK

ROAD

2a

18.9m

LB

El Sub Sta

17

Club

GROVE R

OAD

151

18

155

87

136

150

17

2

94

El Sub

Sta

1 to

4

103

13

Barrow Walk

12.5m

123

37 to 42

5

WINDMILL ROAD

101

to

Cycle Track

145

4

35

48

13

111

178

11.3m

163

100

41d

3

7

67

MANOR VALE

135

9

10

WB

Store

73

11.9m

127

12

184

148

22

36

Tennis

20a

Court

38

137b

145

15

77

172

102

Trading Estate

7 to 12

6

124

34

141

EAST

BOURNE R

OAD

43b

42

22

26

174

67 to 72

42

165

El

109

Clithero

w Passa

ge

93

69

20

CLITHEROW ROAD

Sub Sta

182

39

55 to 60

Reynard Mills

Car Park

57

11

11

TCB

92

4

Games Court

Presby

St Fai

th's C

hurch

1

23

120

LB

13

3

32

Tanks

90

1

88

12.5m

139

103

104

6

41b41

a

RC Primary School

103

50

MANOR VALE

160

69 to 75

109a

41c

Church

ill Hou

se95

1

Noel Dene

107

34

21

House

13 to 18

130

Post

81

40

28

Gunnersbury Catholic School

Clitherow

Hall

55

25

Court

Warehouse

63

PC

190

13

12.5m

34

143 62

8 to 14

46

139

80 to

82

11.6m

41

1 to 20

82

4

25

38

26

108

31

43a

El Sub St

a

11.9m

GREAT WEST ROAD

167

GLENHURST

ROAD

Municipal Offic

es

8

175

125

7

15

6

30

121

Cycle Trac

k

7

1

15.5m

6

105

54

24

5

BOST

ON PARK

ROAD

RC Church

87

20

12

5

85

for Boys

BURDEN CLOSE

to

19

BOSTO

N MANOR RO

AD

DARWIN ROAD

140

22

Hall

WHITESTILE

ROAD

AVENUE R

OAD

96

74

35

Courts

120

137a

HouseElevated Road

217

6

Vicarage

30

25 to 30

WB

CARLYLE

ROAD

16

20

111a

21

162

9

Manor House

94

137

1

1 to

7

113

THE RIDE

7

1

2

104

Mercury

47

37

32

159

84

30b

24

137

SM

Our Lady and St John's

PH

16

3

14

30a

30

1 to 12

842

12.2m

6

1

5

1 to

14

43

91

Auriol

454

180

St John's

M 4

Davmor 1 to 19

Current OS Map

Boston Manor

Boston Manor



Boston Manor

Boston Manor

Triangular lodge, Rushton, Northamptonshire. 1595

Boston Manor, ceiling of State RoomQuenby Hall, Leicestershire. 1627 Hatfield House, Hertifordshire. 1611 Charlton House, London. 1607


Boston Manor

Historic Context

Boston Manor is modest, charming and intriguing. It is a fascinating combination of moderate scale and high decorative quality, which reflects the means and ambitions of its originator Lady Mary Reade. Built in 1623, the house was enlarged and modified by successive generations of the Clitherow family, who first acquired the property in 1671, and it remains an amalgam of the generational shifts in taste, means and needs of its owners. The parkland setting of the house is now bounded, to the southwest, by the elevated section of the M4. To the south, the headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline dominates the skyline. But despite these encroaching structures, the immediate setting of the house retains a surprisingly Arcadian atmosphere. Specimens of the cedar trees planted by James and Anne Clitherow, as shown in their 1759 portrait, still create a feeling of the country house park and noise from the motorway is hushed by the close planting which largely conceals it.

Great houses of the early 17th century were rich in ornamentation, both inside and out. The Jacobean love of complexity in literature, art and architecture found expression in the intricate patterns on ceilings, staircases and fireplaces. In plan, the Jacobean house was no longer the introverted defensive courtyard of mediaeval times, but outward looking. No longer rambling and organic, but symmetrical. Houses still retained a great hall on the first floor in which their owners could dispense hospitality and display their wealth and social status. The approach to the great hall was equally important, usually via an ornately carved staircase leading from the ground floor hall in which servants would dine. Although small, Boston Manor has all these ingredients.

Boston Manor is organised as a double pile plan, which means two rooms thick. This was a Jacobean innovation and departure from earlier, single ranges of rooms which allowed houses to be planned in a much more compact and economic way than before. It is the pattern of the great houses of the day, such as Knole House in Kent and Burghly House in Northamptonshire, with the principal room, or great hall, on the first floor with state bedroom directly connected in the second range of rooms behind. The great hall at Boston Manor has an extraordinarily fine plasterwork ceiling and this is perhaps the most noteworthy part of the entire structure, being singled out for mention in all statutory descriptions and published accounts of the house.

Externally, this modest house must have had the appearance of a hunting lodge rather than a grand manor. The multi-gabled frontages bears some resemblance to the Triangular Hunting Lodge at Rushton in Northamptonshire of 1595. No doubt this is coincidental, but their stylistic similarities are born out of the same influences of this transitional period. English architecture was moving away from organic, fortified manor houses to Renaissance influenced, symmetrical compositions in brick, with vestiges of the English perpendicular in their stone mullioned windows. Quenby Hall in Leicestershire, Robert Cecil’s Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, Charlton House in London and Raynham Hall in Norfolk

Boston Manor

Queen’s House, Greenwich, Inigo Jones, 1616

Osterley House, Isleworth, Middlesex, 1576. Remodelled by Robert Adam, 1760 - 1780


Boston Manor

are a few examples of this type, which are contemporaneous with Boston Manor. The builders of these great houses were no longer just royalty, aristocracy and clergy but also statesmen, courtiers and merchants. The houses built by this new class of landowners were the outward expression of the power and status of their owners. Thomas Gresham was of this new class of self made men who rose from merchant, to financial agent of the Crown, and eventually to found the Royal Exchange. His country retreat was Osterley House, which he built in the 1570s. He later bought the adjacent Boston Manor, which passed to his stepson, William Reade where his widow would build the existing house after his death in 1621. It is interesting to note that, like Boston Manor, Osterley House was eventually subjected to a stylistic makeover when Robert Adam remodelled the late 16th century house with a central portico and neo-classical interiors.

During the 17th century, English Architecture was increasingly influenced by European classicism. Inigo Jones, one of the foremost architects of the early part of the century enjoyed the patronage of James I. Jones, who studied in Italy, introduced the classicism of Palladio to England. His house for James’ Queen at Greenwich, Anne of Denmark, marks a fundamental turning point in English architecture and is the first national example of a classicism that would spread and evolve into the dominant style in Britain.

Development of the House

Boston Manor was first extended by James Clitherow in 1671. The join of the new gable topped bay to the north was not seamless. Because this additional bay was grafted on to an existing external wall, the new gable is not equally spaced relative to the original two. In a rather touching and surprisingly successful attempt to trick the eye into reading the new composition as a flawless tripartite, the gable niche is offset to the south, equally spaced relative to the first two. It is thought that the cornice between first and second floors, the window entablatures, pediments and dressings were added at the same time as this first extension. These classical trimmings brought the house up to date with the times and established a mixture of red brick with white stucco work which would become favoured by late Victorian house builders.

The house was subsequently extended in a series of, what appear to be, clearly discernable phases. However, map evidence suggests that the north range containing servant’s rooms, bake house, brew house and food stores was present as early as 1741 and that it was subsequently altered and regularised into the extant north wing. In formal terms, this long range of rooms is a rather ungainly and pragmatic addition to the carefully considered symmetry of the 1623/1671 triple gabled frontage, but this is perhaps explicable. John Rocque’s map of 1741 also shows a range of buildings, on the road side, forming the second and third sides of an external space. These road side buildings would have obscured a direct view of the whole elevation from the main approach. If we now understand

Boston Manor

State Drawing RoomExtract of Plan ACC 1360 - 299, London Metropolitan Archive, 1790

Extract of John Rocque Map 1747


Boston Manor

the existing north range, as the surviving part of what was once a group of structures around a service yard, it can be imagined as a much more harmonious and practical grouping than what remains today. By 1770, the roadside buildings no longer appear on maps and their disappearance would appear to coincide with the straightening out of Boston Lane where it passes the house.

The shape of the north range appears subtly different on maps between 1749 and 1780. A fascinating plan of the house and its immediate surroundings of 1790, from the London Metropolitan Archive, shows the internal ground floor plan of the main house and the north wing. Although it had been thought that the kitchen block addition immediately north of the 1671 bay was added in the 1780s, it is clearly not on the 1790 plan and is not clearly shown on existing maps until the New Brentford Tithe Map of 1838.

On the north side of this extension there is a rising pump pipe. The lead relief lettering on the pipe box head, with the date 1781, has perhaps caused some confusion in other accounts of the house’s development.

State Drawing Room

The State Drawing Room, or great hall, on the first floor of the house is the most significant room at Boston Manor. It occupies what would have been the full width of the house when first constructed in 1623 and is linked directly to what would have been the state bedroom and dressing room in the second ‘pile’ behind. With a richly ornamented fireplace and ceiling, the great hall contains, in miniature, all the ingredients of much grander houses of this period.

The fireplace pilasters tapering outwards from their bases in an archetypical Jacobean form support a heavily carved mantle and over mantle. The over mantle has a central oval panel with a relief scene depicting Abraham about to sacrifice his son Isaac (the angel staying his sword bears a striking resemblance to Margaret Thatcher!), beneath which a panel bears the inscription “In the Mount of the Lord it shal be seene”. This was discovered during the 1960s restoration works underneath the Clitherow family motto, “Loyal Yet Free”.

The ceiling is a truly magnificent example of Jacobean strapwork and is thought to be the work of a notable craftsman of the day, Edward Stanyon. Although most Jacobean masons and craftsmen worked in their own locality some, like Stanyon, gained wider reputations and worked across the country. The strapwork designs deployed by these craftsmen had been absorbed from immigrant craftsmen fleeing to England from European religious wars and were subsequently developed into British local and regional variations. At Boston Manor, the ceiling has a double rib pattern enriched

Boston Manor

State Bedroom State Bedroom Ceiling Christopher Clitherow (1666 - 1727)


Boston Manor

with floral motifs and strapwork in lower relief. There are numerous figurative reliefs set in roundels which depict the five senses and the four elements, as well as Peace and Plenty, War and Peace, Faith, Hope and Charity. These are thought to be derived from designs by Marcus Gheeraerts the younger, a fashionable portraitist in the court of Elizabeth I.

The state bedroom behind the great hall has a ceiling of equal intricacy and decorative quality. In its earliest 17th century incarnation it is possible that, as would have been typical in great houses, this room may have served as a withdrawing room in to which a group assembled for dining in the great hall might withdraw whilst the main room was set up for dancing and evening entertainment. The room next to this would have served as a bedroom for the most important guest. However, by the 19th century we know that the room now known as the state bedroom was in use as a bedroom. This may always have been the case, but similarities in the decorative schemes of the two rooms suggest that their functions were both public at one time.

The original plan of rooms at this level in the house’s core structure remains intact.

Entrance Hall, Dining Room and Library

In its earliest Jacobean incarnation it is likely that the entrance hall was used, like other great houses, not only as the point of arrival but also as a place where servants would have their meals. At the end away from the entrance, there would be a parlour where the family would dine and informally entertain. There is evidence in the placement of windows on the front elevation indicating that the position of the wall between the Dining Room and the Hall is not in its original position. The plan of the grounds from 1790, referred to above, which also shows the internal ground floor layout of the house, shows a larger entrance hall of equal size to the room adjacent, and what is now the Library divided in to two rooms. The plan also shows that what are now alcoves in the Dining Room, were individual fireplaces in each of the two separate rooms. Looking at this earlier layout of the ground floor, it is possible to see how the usual sequence of entrance hall, dining parlour, low parlour and buttery could have been configured.

The grand stair is now separated from the entrance hall with a rather bombastic and crude glazed screen, believe to have been inserted in the mid 19th century, at the same time that the external neo-Jacobean entrance porch was built. The screen borrows forms from the great chamber fire place with massively enlarged copies of the fireplace pilasters and an entablature over the central door. The dark green and white colour scheme only emphasises the crudity of the design.

Boston Manor

Glazed Timber Screen in Entrance Hall


Boston Manor

The main stair has oak balusters which follow the tapered form of the fireplace pilasters linked with elegant arched heads, a pattern repeated in tromp-l’oeil on the flanking walls on the upper part of the stair. On the upper parts of the stair, the flanking walls have traces of late 18th century blocked wall paper which is believed to be a rare and fine example of the type. The composition material heraldic lions, on the newel posts, are part of the early 19th century neo-Jacobean makeover.

The interiors of the Dining Room and Library have been much altered since their original formation as four individual rooms, as discussed above. The rather fine decorative plaster work and colour scheme in the Library is thought to be from the 1840s. Both rooms were much restored in the early 1960s

1671 Addition

James Clitherow’s extension of 1671 must have provided the house with improved kitchen and servant quarters. Like the room which is now a catering kitchen, the rooms to the rear of the ground floor which are now a group of toilets, have served a variety of uses; kitchen, servant’s hall and housekeeper’s room. The fine timber panelling in the toilets indicates the somewhat grander origins of the spaces. The room to the right of the entrance hall has been variously used as a sitting room, study, billiard room, smoking room and gunroom. Unfortunately, it is presently a catering kitchen, which is most incongruous when entered directly off the main entrance hall.

On the upper floors, more bedrooms were made for family member and a staircase was inserted rising all the way to an inhabited loft space on the third floor with rooms for maidservants. The incorporation of the new stairs would have allowed a separation of servant and served spaces for the first time.

North Wing

The north wing has served the main house with an assemblage of larder, scullery, bake house, stillroom, servant’s quarters, boot room and rooms for the servants of visitors. In its most recent guise, the wing, along with the second floor of the main house was converted to a series of small residential flats which have now fallen into disrepair. The main kitchen is likely to have migrated along this wing from original buttery in the 1623 building, to back room in the 1671 addition, to what is now flat 13 (or the servant’s hall in the 19th century) and finally to the last piece of building to be added in what is now flat 14. In this location there was direct access to the cellars below, a high ceiling and abundant natural light from the northwest window. In any restoration of the house, this room should perhaps be returned to kitchen use and so allow the room currently housing the catering kitchen to be returned to a use more appropriate to its location directly off the entrance hall.

Boston Manor


Boston Manor

The Future of Boston Manor

Boston Manor is clearly in need of investment. The use of the House in new ways has the potential to generate income for re-investment in the conservation and repair of the historic fabric and this should be welcomed. But new uses should be integrated in ways that do not undermine the cultural significance of the house and grounds and in ways that do not create unacceptable physical risks to the historic building fabric. Different uses will impose different pressures on the house. The aim must therefore be to keep the intensity of use in the rooms that are most sensitive and most significant to an acceptable level. Less sensitive and less significant spaces should be more intensively used and so help to generate the investment needed to protect the house as a heritage asset.

Boston Manor

Boston Manor

6.0 Timeline

6.0 Timeline

Boston Manor

Date Description

1538 Lands of Burston surrendered by Benedictine Priory of St.Helen’s in Bishopsgate to Henry VIII following dissolution of monasteries.

1547 Burston granted to Edward, Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of the Realm by young Edward VI whilst in his minority

1552 Burston once again Crown property following Duke of Somerset’s execution

1572 Elizabeth I gives Burston to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who sells it to Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange

1596 Manor of Boston inherited by Gresham’s stepson, William Reade

1603 William Reade knighted by James I

1621 Sir William Reade dies. Boston Manor inherited by Sir William Reade’s second wife, Lady Mary Reade

1623 Lady Mary builds the red brick house around the time of her new marriage to Sir Edward Spencer of Althorp, Northamptonshire

1642 Civil War Battle of Brentford. Believed that Charles I watched part of the battle from Boston Manor

1658 Lady Mary Reade dies age 80. Property inherited by John Goldsmith, a relation of Lady Mary

1670 John Goldsmith dies. Boston Manor with 230 acres sold to James Clitherow, son of Sir Christopher Clitherow a Member of Parliament and former Lord Mayor of London.

1671 James Clitherow extends the house to the north with an additional gabled bay to create the tripartite arrangement

1682 Boston Manor passes to Christopher Clitherow (1666-1727) who continues the family practice of money lending, holding money on deposit and property holding

1727 Boston Manor inherited by James II Clitherow (1694-1752) who marries Phillipa Gale of Sussex in 1731

1752 Boston Manor passed to James Clitherow III (1731-1805) who then inherits his mother’s estate in Sussex in 1757 on his marriage to Ann Kemeys of Monmouthshire

1759 Cedar trees planted at Boston Manor at the time of James and Ann’s portrait being painted showing house in background

1780s House extended to the north with new kitchen block

1796

1799

1794

6.0 Timeline

Boston Manor

Date Description

1786 Ann undertakes structural repairs and decoration works at the house including repairs and papering to the main stair

1794 Section of Grand Union Canal opens between Thames and Uxbridge with the second lock from the Thames, known as the Clitherow Lock, within the house grounds

1797 Local volunteer corps, Brentford Armed Association, formed in response to Napolionic threat to the country. James Clitherow III Chairman of the Armed Association Committee

1805 James Clitherow III dies and property passes to James Clitherow IV (1766-1841) who lives at Boston manor with wife Jane and elder sister, Mary. James was a magistrate and had an involvement with many local charities in the area as well as acting as Colonel of the Royal Westminster Middlesex Militia. House further extend to the north.

1815 Dower House at Little Boston let to John Quincy Adams, who was to become the sixth President of the United States of America in 1825

1820s

& 30s

James, Ann and Mary formed a close friendship with the Duke and Duchess of Clarence which continued after the Duke became King William IV. Further extension to north wing

1834 King William and Queen Adelaide dine at Boston House

1840s Alterations to House interior including stone porch to main entrance and wooden carved screen between hall and stair copying form and details of fireplace in the main stateroom

1841 Colonel James dies. Being childless, this ends 170 years of direct father to son inheritance of Boston Manor. Boston Manor passes to wife Jane and sister Mary for the remainder of their lives. They both die in 1847

1847 General John Clitherow inherits Boston Manor and undertakes repairs to the house.

1852 Boston House passes to John Clitherow’s son John Christie who dies unmarried 4 years later

1856 John Christie’s cousin Edward John Stracey Clitherow (1820-1900) inherits Boston Manor and, shortly after, also inherits his aunt’s property Hotham Hall in East Yorkshire. Edward spends his time between his properties in Yorkshire, Middlesex and Norfolk.

1900 Edwards dies leaving his Yorkshire properties to his nephew and Boston Manor to his brother Rev. William James Stracey Clitherow (1821-1912) who was 80 years old at the time of his inheritance. William and his wife Maria Diana Bourchier lived for most of the year at Portland Place in central London following William’s retirement from his Norfolk parishes. Boston House occupied by William’s third and youngest son Lieutenant Eustace William Stracey Clitherow RN

Extract from John Quincy Adams diary August 1815

Neo-Jacobean timber screen inserted in 1840sLate 18th century wallpaper to upper landing of main stair

6.0 Timeline

Boston Manor

Date Description

1912 Colonel John Bourchier Stracey Clitherow (1853-1931) of Hotham Hall inherits Boston Manor. Col. Stracey Clitherow had married Mrs Alice Gurney, who had four children from a previous marriage, in 1897.

1915 Col. Stracey Clitherow commissions a survey of the house from an engineer of the Sanitary Protection Association. The survey reveals the dilapidated state of the drainage system which the Colonel subsequently has repaired.

1918 Boston House put up for sale but did not reach the reserve price and so the sale was withdrawn

1922 Contents of house sold at auction including all furniture and paintings

1923 Boston House and 20 acres sold to Brentford Urban District Council by Col. Stracey Clitherow for £23,000 ending the Clitherow family connection. Land sold for re-development to the Bostonian Land and Investment Company and houses built in Boston Road and Swyncombe Avenue. Meadows turned into playing fields

1924 Two acres of the former grounds opened as public park

1931 Col. Stracey Clitherow dies aged 78

1940 House opened by Borough of Brentford and Chiswick Council as a school for children living north of the Great West Road

1944 A V1 flying bomb demolishes houses in Boston Manor Road and causes severe damage to the House

1947 House added to List of Scheduled Ancient Monuments

1951 House added to Statutory List Grade I by English Heritage

1960 In view of the deterioration of the House because caused by dry rot, woodworm and wartime damage, Brentford and District Council approve a restoration scheme with a total estimated cost of £35,000. Funds are made available from the Historic Buildings Council, Middlesex County Council and the Pilgrim Trust.

1961 School vacates Boston Manor

1963 Restoration scheme completed by Donald Insall & Partners. House opened by HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. House leased by National Institute of Houseworkers Ltd as a headquarters and training centre. Library and State Rooms open to the public on summer Saturdays

Boston House 1906

Christmas Dinner 1941Tea on the south front 1932

Walter Quennel - Gardener 1904

6.0 Timeline

Boston Manor

Date Description

1965 M4 motorway flyover above parkland opened by Tom Fraser, Minister of Transport and actress Jayne Mansfield

1960s Lease of House taken over by the Over Forties Association for Women. The Association’s aims were to provide low rent home for women in pleasant surroundings. Upper parts of the house converted to flats and bedsitting rooms. The Library and State Rooms remained open to the public as before. Gatehouse demolished and replaced with modern flat roofed lodge

1973 Stable Block added to Statutory List Grade II. Included for group value. Garden wall, two sets of iron gateposts added to Statutory List Grade II.

1993 Stable Block converted into seven flats by Association, re-named Housing for Women, with grant assistance from English Heritage

1996 Works carried out to counter the effects of structural movement. Works also appear to have included the re-pointing the whole of the brickwork to the 1723/71 house in black ash mortar. Dining Room and Library re-decorated according to a mid 19th century colour scheme

1998 House removed from the Schedule of Ancient Monuments

2002 Structural Appraisal carried out Dr. Numala Kumaran with 10 point recommendations including the shoring up and re-building of the south corner. Shoring up carried out and funds allocated for re-building, but works not carried out

2004 Alan Baxter Associates were engaged by London Borough of Hounslow in February 2004 to comment on the 2002 proposals and make recommendations for structural repair works

2005 Report published in April 2005 by Richard Griffiths Architects in conjunction with Alan Baxter Associates summarises recommendations of ABA 2004 report and makes detailed recommendations regarding repair of internal building finishes

2007 Condition Survey of the House and Service Wing carried out by Richard Griffiths Architects. Report sets out detailed recommendation and priorities for repair works. Measured survey carried out by Plowman Craven. Structural Appraisal prepared by Alan Baxter Associates. Underground drainage survey carried out by Drainway Ltd. Condition Survey of mechanical and electrical services prepared by Martin Thomas Associates

2009 Report to re-assess repair recommendations for London Borough of Hounslow prepared by Richard Griffiths Architects. Report clearly sets out argument for repair works to be undertaken urgently to prevent further damage to historic fabric

Stable block converted to flats in 1993

South corner of house shored up since 2002

Boston Manor

Boston Manor

7.0 Building Phases

7.0 Building Phases

Boston Manor

Drawn: Reviewed:Scale: Date:

Job Title:

Revisions:

Drawing Number:

Drawing Title:

© This drawing is copyright of LDN Architects LLP

LDN Architects

1016 L(F-)106

1016BOSTON MANOR HOUSE

Historical Development Plansand Elevations1623 Plans

57 - 59 Bread Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AHT: 0131 222 2900F: 0131 222 2901E: [email protected]

V V

BOSTON MANOR HOUSE

1623 Plans

First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Principal (North) Elevation

South Elevation

West Elevation East Elevation

Sept 2010 NjG DP

N

1:200 @ A11:400 @ A3

1623 Original

7.0 Building Phases

Boston Manor


Job Title:

Revisions:

Drawing Number:

Drawing Title:


LDN Architects

1016 L(F-)105 revA




VVV V

BOSTON MANOR HOUSE

1671 Plans

First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Basement Plan

Second Floor Plan

Loft Plan


South Elevation


Sept 2010 NjG DP

N

1:200 @ A11:400 @ A3

1671 Addition

1623 Original

Rev A Nov 2010 NjG DP Partition amendment

7.0 Building Phases

Boston Manor


Job Title:

Revisions:

Drawing Number:

Drawing Title:


LDN Architects

1016 L(F-)104 revA




VVV V

L L

UNKNOWNFACADE

L L

BOSTON MANOR HOUSE

Plans with additionsmade by 1741

First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Basement Plan

Second Floor Plan

Loft Plan


South Elevation


Sept 2010 NjG DP

N

1:200 @ A11:400 @ A3

Additions to 1741

1671 Addition

1623 Original

Rev A Nov 2010 NjG DP Order amendment

7.0 Building Phases

Boston Manor


Job Title:

Revisions:

Drawing Number:

Drawing Title:


LDN Architects

1016 L(F-)103 revA


Historical Development Plansand Elevations1790-1833 Plans


VVV V

L L

L L

BOSTON MANOR HOUSE

1790 - 1833 Plans

First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Basement Plan

Second Floor Plan

Loft Plan


South Elevation


Sept 2010 NjG DP

N

1:200 @ A11:400 @ A3

Additions to 1741

1671 Addition

1623 Original

1790-1833 Additions


7.0 Building Phases

Boston Manor


Job Title:

Revisions:

Drawing Number:

Drawing Title:


LDN Architects

1016 L(F-)101 revA




VVV V

L L

L L

First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Basement Plan

Second Floor Plan

Loft Plan


South Elevation


Sept 2010 NjG DP

N

BOSTON MANOR HOUSE

1840's Plans

1:200 @ A11:400 @ A3

1840 Addition

Additions to 1741

1671 Addition

1623 Original

1790-1833 Additions


7.0 Building Phases

Boston Manor


Job Title:

Revisions:

Drawing Number:

Drawing Title:


LDN Architects

1016 L(F-)100 revA


Historical Development Plansand Elevations1960's to Present Plans


VVV V

L L

L L

L

L

1840 Addition

Additions to 1741

1671 Addition

1960 Renovation

1623 Original

1790-1833 Additions

BOSTON MANOR HOUSE

Present Day Plansincluding 1960'srenovations

First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Basement Plan

Second Floor Plan

Loft Plan


South Elevation


1:200 @ A11:400 @ A3 Sept 2010 NjG DP

N


Boston Manor

Boston Manor

8.0 Layout during 19th Century

The size of the house and the function of its various rooms have evolved in relation to evolving social norms and the means of its owners. The following set of plans, which have been taken from diagrams by Donald Insall & Partners, illustrates how the house is thought to have been used in the 19th century during the ownership of Colonel Edward John Stracey Clitherow (1820–1900), who occupied the house from 1856 until his death. The plans assist a reading of the house in its current condition in which the original purpose of fine finishes and fittings are obscured by clumsily inserted bathrooms and kitchens. It is also interesting to read the plans alongside an account of the house as recorded in Janet McNamara’s ‘Boston Manor Brentford, History and Guide’, “The census of 1871 shows Edward aged 50 years living at the house with his wife Marjorie, aged 51 years. There was also a butler, footman, two grooms, a housekeeper, a lady’s maid, a needlewoman, three housemaids, two kitchen maids, and a cook”.

8.0 Layout During 19th Century

Boston Manor


Boston Manor


Job Title:

Revisions:

Drawing Number:

Drawing Title:


LDN Architects

1016 L(F-)200


Historical Plans19th Century House LayoutLower Floor Plans


12

3 47

6

5 8 9 10

13

12

11

14 15 16 17 18 19

1 Entrance Hall2 Dining Room3 Library4 Continuation of Hall5 Garden Room6 Smoke room / Gunroom7 Housekeeper's Room (Upper Staff Meals)8 Butler's Pantry9 Servant's Hall10 Larder11 Butler's Bedroom12 Kitchen13 Scullery14 Housekeeper's Storeroom15 Bakehouse one side. Stillroom the other.16 Meat and Game Larder17 Boothole18 Knife Room19 Brushing Room for Men's clothes

Ground Floor Plan

Basement Plan

1:100 @ A11:200 @ A3 Nov 2010 NjG DP

Ground Floor Key


Boston Manor


Job Title:

Revisions:

Drawing Number:

Drawing Title:


LDN Architects

1016 L(F-)201


Historical Plans19th Century House LayoutUpper Floor Plans


20

21 4 23

24

2225 26

27

28 29 30 3132 33 34 35

4241

36373839

40

44

43

46

4748

45

20 Drawing Room21 State Bedroom22 Dressing Room (used as Sitting Room)23 The Chintz Room24 Colonel Stracey-Clitherow's Bedroom25 Chintz Dressing Room26 Bathroom27 Colonel's Bathroom28 Sitting Room29 Room for visiting Ladies' Maids30 Cook-Housekeeper's Sitting Room31 Cook-Housekeeper's Bedroom32 Mrs Dancey's Maid's Room33 Mrs Ciltherow's Maid's Room34 Nursery35 Bedrooms of Footmen and Grooms and of Valets attending Visitors

36 Double Bedroom for Guests37 Single Bedroom for Guests38 Mrs Clitherow's Dressing Room39 Mrs Clitherow's Bedroom40 Mrs Dancey's Bedroom41 Mrs Dancey's Dressing Room42 The Field Dressing Room43 The Field Room44 Head Housemaid's Bed- Sitting Room

45 Maid's Bedroom 146 Maid's Bedroom 247 Maid's Bedroom 348 Maid's Bedroom 4

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Loft Plan

1:100 @ A11:200 @ A3 Nov 2010 NjG DP

First Floor Key

Second Floor Key

Loft Key

Boston Manor

Boston Manor



Boston Manor

The purpose of this statement is to describe what aspects of Boston Manor are of cultural significance to ensure that they can be revealed, retained or enhanced and to establish a context within which informed policy decisions about conservation and change can be made and substantiated with rigour and consistency.

The concept of cultural significance, defined in the internationally accepted “Burra Charter” 1, refers to the qualities of a place that:

help us understand the past, enrich our present lives, will be of value to future generations.

Assessments of significance can be based on many different criteria including aesthetic, architectural, archaeological, historic, scientific, religious, and social value. Significance can vary in importance and, however apparently objective the analysis, any such assessment is influenced by the current values and perspective of its time: undoubtedly the cultural significance of any aspect will vary over time. The purpose of identifying different levels of cultural significance is, however, to establish a rational hierarchy within which the relative importance of each aspect of significance can be related to that of the whole place.

For the purposes of this study it is considered that five levels of significance are sufficient to measure each aspect of significance and compare it to the others consistently. The levels, their importance, and their implications for conservation policy are as follows:

Level of Significance Importance Conservation Policy

A Exceptional International Reveal, maintain and enhance

Significance through meticulous preservation, conservation, restoration or reconstruction.

B Considerable National Reveal, maintain, and enhance

Significance but some adaptation and supplementary construction may be considered to accommodate future compatible uses.

C Some Local Reveal, maintain, and enhance

Significance but acceptable options may, subject to consensual agreement based on expert analysis, include alteration or removal in whole or part.

D Little Site Interventions, alterations or demolition may be appropriate.

E Intrusive Detrimental Improve, alter, remove or demolish.

The various aspects of the cultural significance of Boston Manor are set out in the following section.

The absence of any item from the section should not be construed as meaning that it may not be of significance.

The Heritage Values suggested for Boston Manor are grouped on the following page under headings in four groups, as recommended in the English Heritage publication ‘Conservation Principles Policies and Guidance for the Sustainable Management of the Historic Environment’. These are defined as Historical (illustrative), Historical (Associative), Aesthetic and Communal, to which we have added a fifth category - Detrimental.

Boston Manor House


Boston Manor

Historical Value (Illustrative)

S01 Boston Manor is a rare example of a modest, double pile Jacobean Manor house. The original plan was an innovative move away from single ranges of rooms and is illustrative of evolving patterns of domestic usage.

A

S02 Boston Manor was in the ownership of various branches of one family for 253 years. The ebb and flow in the fortunes of this family, the Clitherows, offer a fascinating illustration of local and national concerns of the day.

C

Historical Value (Associative)

S03 Boston Manor has numerous associations with British Royalty. It is reported that Charles I watched part of the Battle of Brentford from its windows. King William IV (the sailor king) and Queen Adelaide dined here in 1834.

A

Aesthetic Value

S04 Although the house has been much altered internally and externally, the core structure of 1623 contains remarkably fine decorative plaster work attributed to a notable craftsman of the day, Edward Stanyon.

A

S05 The intricate plaster ceiling in the principle room of the 1623 core structure is a fine example of Flemish influenced Jacobean ornamental, enriched strap-work. It has an exceptional number of emblematic reliefs from designs by Marcus Gheeraerts the younger, a fashionable portraitist in the court of Elizabeth I.

A

S06 The upper landing walls of the main stair are covered with a rare example of 18th century wallpaper depicting Roman ruins.

B

S07 Boston Manor is a fascinating amalgam of evolving architectural style. The house has been altered and extended in a series of clearly discernible phases, to meet the needs and tastes of succeeding owners.

C

Communal Value

S08 Boston Manor and its surrounding parkland is a focus for community activity with an appeal that derives from its historic arcadian setting.

C

Detrimental Elements

S09 The House has been adapted to accommodate the institutional needs of a school, residential college and a housing association. Many of these adaptations are inappropriate and potentially harmful to the historic fabric.

E

S10 The House is suffering the obvious effects of structural movement caused by settlement, tree root growth and inadequate land drainage. Without urgent attention, continuing movement could lead to structural collapse.

E

S11 The south corner of the house has been propped with scaffold since 2002. Intended as a temporary measure, this structure could itself induce further stresses in the historic fabric. It also allows external access to the property at high level which has been used by vandals and thieves.

E

S12 Much of the House, in particular the north wing, is semi-derelict and is in a deteriorating state of neglect.

E

S13 The gatehouse, constructed in the 1960s, is incongruous and is not a distinguished building of its type or of its era.

E

Boston Manor

Boston Manor


The fact that a physical aspect of a place has cultural significance does not mean automatically that it cannot be altered or changed. Thus, understanding the significance of Boston Manor should not simply be thought of as placing constraints on future action; as well as identifying areas of importance that must be carefully protected, it introduces flexibility by identifying areas of lesser importance that may be adapted or developed with greater freedom.

The plans on the following pages are based on the most recent survey drawings available prepared by Laser Surveys October 2009.


Boston Manor

LDN Architects 57 - 59 Bread Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AHT: 0131 222 2900F: 0131 222 2901E: [email protected]


Job Title:

Revisions:

Drawing Number:

Drawing Title:

1016 L(F-)001


Significance DiagramsLower Floors


DINING ROOMG5

LIBRARYG3

HALLWAYG1

KITCHENG6

STAIRG2

FLAT 14LOUNGEG20

FLAT 13LOUNGEG23

G10

FLAT 15G37

FLAT 16G41 FLAT 17

KITCHENG44

FLAT 17LOUNGEG43

FLAT 18LOUNGEG48

FLAT 18BEDROOMG51

FLAT 18KITCHENG52

GY

GY

Basement Plan

Ground Floor Plan

1:100 @ A11:200 @ A3 Sept 2010 NjG DP

Considerable / National

Some / Local

Little / Site

Intrusive / Detrimental

Exceptional / InternationalA

B

C

D

E

BOSTON MANOR HOUSE

SIGNIFICANCEDIAGRAMSLOWER FLOORS

N


Boston Manor

LDN Architects 57 - 59 Bread Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AHT: 0131 222 2900F: 0131 222 2901E: [email protected]


Job Title:

Revisions:

Drawing Number:

Drawing Title:

1016 L(F-)002


Significance DiagramsUpper Floors


STATE DRAWINGROOM1.4

STATEBEDROOM1.3

ANTEROOM1.2

STAIR1.1

FLAT 5LOUNGE/BED1.13

FLAT 5KITCHEN1.14

FLAT 6LOUNGE/BED1.7



FLAT 10KITCHEN1.39


FLAT 11BEDROOM1.37

FLAT 19BEDROOM1.43

FLAT 19LOUNGE1.44

FLAT 19KITCHEN1.45


FLAT 0LOUNGE2.3

FLAT 0BEDROOM2.4

FLAT 4BEDROOM2.4

FLAT 4KITCHEN2.5


ROOM 1KITCHEN2.21

KITCHEN2.19


Considerable / National

Some / Local

Little / Site

Intrusive / Detrimental

Exceptional / InternationalA

B

C

D

E

BOSTON MANOR HOUSE

SIGNIFICANCEDIAGRAMSUPPER FLOORS

N

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Loft Plan

1:100 @ A11:200 @ A3 Sept 2010 NjG DP

Boston Manor

Boston Manor



Boston Manor

Boston Manor is a cultural asset of national importance that deserves to be recognised and cherished as such. It has developed into its current form over many years and each of these layers of historical development is evident in its present form. The presence of these layers is central to its significance and therefore it is not appropriate to restore the house to a particular period. Future development should aim to enhance and reveal these layers whilst removing detrimental elements and uses which do not contribute to the overall significance of the house.

The conservation strategy should enhance and reveal historical relationships between the house, ancillary structures and the landscape setting. It should also support new uses that respect the past and which can be integrated in ways that do not undermine the cultural significance of the house and grounds.

Proposals for the re-use and / or restoration of Boston Manor should generally conform to requirements set out in the English Heritage Practice Guide PPS5 and in particular Policy HE7:

Policy principles guiding the determination of applications for consent relating to all heritage assets, which seeks to ensure that;

1. It sustains or enhances the significance of a heritage asset and the contribution of its setting2. It reduces or removes risks to a heritage asset3. It secures the optimum viable use of a heritage asset in support of it long term conservation4. It makes a positive contribution to economic vitality and sustainable communities5. It is an appropriate design for its context and makes a positive contribution to the appearance, character, quality and local distinctiveness of the historic environment6. It better reveals the significance of a heritage asset and therefore enhances our enjoyment of it and the sense of place.

Boston Manor is clearly in need of investment. The use of the House in new ways has the potential to generate income for re-investment in the conservation and repair of the historic fabric and this should be welcomed. However, different uses will impose different pressures on the house. The aim must therefore be to keep the intensity of use in the rooms that are most sensitive and most significant to an acceptable level. Less sensitive and less significant spaces should be more intensively used and so help to generate the investment needed to protect the house’s cultural importance. Boston Manor is underused and as such is vulnerable to damage through arson or theft as well as through damage by squatters. There is, therefore, a level of risk already inherent in the manner in which the building is currently used which should be mitigated.

Main House

The historic core of the main house is currently used in ways which exert only minimal pressure on the historic fabric. Historic tours are conducted by the Friends of Boston Manor with relatively small, controlled groups of people.

Meetings and events are also held in the house at present and although they can be conducted in ways which do not stress the building fabric, for this use to remain viable, it is possible that there may be an increased demand for improved ICT and presentation facilities but it would be possible for such enhanced provision to be appropriately integrated even in the most sensitive spaces. The numbers of people participating in events in individual rooms should be limited by the load capacity of the floors and by the ventilation capacity of the existing windows. Temporary protection of floors may be required.

The most significant space in the House is the State Drawing Room at first floor level. The second floor rooms above the State Room, although now not in use, were used previously as bedsits and bathrooms. Any work to integrate new uses should include the removal of existing piped services serving these bathrooms, which currently present a significant risk to the plaster ceiling in the State Room beneath.

There is evidence of ongoing structural movement in the main timber staircase leading to the second floor. More intensive, day-to-day use of the main timber stair could exert unacceptable stresses on the timber structure. It is recommended that the northwest stair should be used as the main access route for access to the upper floors for any new permanent uses of the second floor.

North Wing

The north wing has most recently been used as residential flats. The conversion was carried out in the early 1960s and has since fallen into a fairly advanced state of disrepair and dereliction. Contemporary expectations of living accommodation are different to those of the 1960s and so a simple refurbishment of the current layout of bedsitting rooms and bathrooms would not be viable. Indeed, it is likely that one of the causes of the rooms being abandoned to dereliction is that the layout no longer met the reasonable social expectations of its residents.

There is widespread evidence of damp penetration through the walls and kitchens and bathrooms are squalid. Without redevelopment, the wing will continue to deteriorate and its development with a viable use should be encouraged. It would be possible to develop modern residential accommodation in the wing whilst respecting the grain of the structure and with the minimum of new openings being formed in structural walls. It may be necessary to carry out floor strengthening works at first floor level but this could be carried out with minimal loss of historic fabric. The external character of the wing should also be conserved in any conversion work, with minimal change to door and window openings.

Whilst the interiors of the wing are only of moderate historic interest refurbishment works may reveal evidence of former uses in each space. Currently hidden hearthstones and lintels may show where bake house ovens or wash house cisterns were located. Such hidden evidence should be recorded during refurbishment work.


Boston Manor

C01 Conclude structural repairs and drainage repairs to the south corner of the building in accordance with detailed recommendations by Alan Baxter Associates in the report of July 2004, subsequently homologated into the report by Richard Griffiths Architects dated April 2005. Works underway in 2011. Refer to Appendix 1.

C02 Carry out fabric repairs in accordance with detailed prioritised recommendations in various reports by Richard Griffiths Architects since 2005 and most recently in 2009 subject to a reappraisal in relation to any new uses identified for Boston Manor

C03 Remove kitchens, bathrooms and washrooms inserted in the main building and the north wing during the 1960s conversion to housing association accommodation in order to prevent potential damage to and loss of historic building fabric. This is most urgently required in the rooms above the first floor stateroom in the 1623 building where the plasterwork ceiling is at risk. Consider removal of the catering kitchen on the ground floor and reinstating this room to a period which assists in the interpretation of the House’s history

C04 Remove redundant building services and upgrade in accordance with the detailed recommendations of the 2007 report by Martin Thomas Associates.

C05 Identify appropriate new uses for redundant accommodation which does not fundamentally endanger the historic fabric and which will provide income to support the future conservation of Boston Manor

C06 Reveal and interpret the social history of the House in accessible ways for the general public. Visitor facilities should be improved to appeal to as wide a range of audiences as possible, whether they are touring the house, walking in the grounds or attending an event

C07 Reveal and interpret the House’s connection with British Royalty and with John Quincy Adams’ stay at little Boston

C08 Ensure that new uses to which the House and the grounds may be put are mutually supportive and complimentary to the conservation of character and setting of the House

C09 Consider removal of gatehouse constructed in 1960s and carry out associated repairs to adjacent garden wall.

C10 All repair and conservation work should be carried out using best practice conservation methodologies that maximise the retention of original fabric

C11 All new work should comply with statutory requirements including legislation covering heritage protection in all its forms, national and local planning policy and requirements imposed by health and safety and building regulations

C12 All conservation work should be carried out in accordance with best practice national and international conservation principles and charters

C13 All conservation work should be specified and carried out by properly qualified and experienced conservation professionals, contractors, tradespeople and conservators

Notes to Conservation Policies

C02 Reference is made to the report prepared by Richard Griffiths Architects dated October 2007 entitled ‘Boston Manor House, Brentford, Middlesex Condition Survey of House and Service Wing’. Pages 41 to 53 of the report set out recommendations for work under five headings - I (for immediate action), A (within 18 months), B (within 5 years), C (beyond 5 years) and M (future maintenance works). If no immediate new use is found for Boston Manor it is strongly recommended that works under categories I and A are carried out without further delay. In the event of works being carried out to allow the house to fulfil a new use, works under categories B and C should be carried out as part of the works for the conversion to that new use. If no conversion works are undertaken within the next 5 years, category B items should be carried out within the time frame recommended by Richard Griffiths Architects.

Boston Manor


Boston Manor



Boston Manor

Current Condition

Reference has been made throughout this Conservation Management Plan to the various reports prepared by Richard Griffiths Architects. The RG report dated October 2007 contains a thorough description of the house in sections as follows:

• SummaryofRecommendations

• RoofCoverings

• RainwaterGoods,DisposalSystemsandUndergroundDrainage

• ExternalWalls

• ThirdFloorandAtticstoMainHouse

• SecondFloorInterior

• FirstFloorInteriorofMainHouse

• ServiceWingFirstFloor

• MainHouse:GroundFloorInteriors

• Basement

• ServiceWingGroundFloor

Each above section of that report contains detailed descriptions of the form and condition of each roof surface, elevation and individual room, including observations on the principal features in each room (eg. plaster work ceilings and fireplaces). As referred to in Conservation Policy C01 and C02 of this Conservation Management Plan, the RG report goes on to set out detailed recommendations for the repair of each part of the house with suggested priorities. It is not the intention if this CMP to repeat the detailed recommendations made by Richard Griffiths but to reinforce the urgent need to undertake those recommended repair and conservation works. This CMP provides a previously unavailable overview of the Boston Manor’s historic significance and an assessment of varying levels of significance within the house, which further serve to support the priorities set out by Richard Griffiths.

The following paragraphs describe the current general condition and use of the rooms. They are intended only to provide a broad understanding, should to read in conjunction with the RG report of 2007, and are qualified by the detailed observations made by Richard Griffiths Architects. The letter in brackets after each room number denotes its assessed significance as contained in Section 10 of this CMP.

Main House

Ground Floor

The historic core of the house contains the principal rooms at ground and first floor levels. The Entrance Hall G1(B) and Dining Room G5(B) are in a useable state and the decorative condition is fair. Joinery-work and plasterwork is intact and the rooms are furnished.

Works are currently being concluded in the library G3 (B) addressing the causes of structural movement as noted under CP.01. Refer to Appendix 1. The room will require the conservation and repair of decorative finishes following the conclusion of structural repairs to the external walls.

Room G6(E) has been used in the recent past as a catering kitchen. As discussed elsewhere in this report, this use is not appropriate for the space, the catering equipment is redundant and the room is in poor decorative order.

The group of rooms to west of the historic core (opposite side of Stair G2 to Library G3) numbers G12 to G16 (all C) are in use as male and female toilets and are in a fair and useable condition.

Stair G2(A) is in use but is suffering degradation and structural movement. Decorative condition is fair. The walls surrounding the upper parts of the stair have fragments of late 18th century wallpaper depicting Roman ruins, which requires specialist conservation.

First Floor

The State Drawing Room 1.4(A) is in use and is furnished. Decorative condition is good with joinery and plasterwork in a fair condition. State Bedroom 1.3(B) and Ante Room 1.2(B) are in a similar condition to the State Drawing Room but are not furnished other than with art works on the walls.

Flats 1.7(C), 1.13(C) and 1.14(C), to the west of the main stair, are not currently in use and are in a semi derelict state. Their most recent use has been as bedsitting rooms each having a kitchenette inserted. They are in poor decorative order and in need of conservation and refurbishment if they are to be returned to use.

Second Floor

The rooms in this entire floor, 2.1(C) to 2.21(C), have most recently been used as bed sitting rooms with associated kitchens and bathrooms. The piped services serving them present a significant threat to the most significant room at Boston Manor, which is immediately below, and they should be removed. The rooms are in poor decorative order and require conservation and refurbishment if they are to be returned to use.

North Wing


Boston Manor

Ground Floor

The rooms in the former service wing, G20(C) to G51(C), are not currently in use and are in a semi-derelict state. Their most recent use has been as bedsitting rooms with associated kitchenettes and bathrooms. They are in poor decorative order and are in need of conservation and refurbishment if they are to be returned to use.

First Floor

The rooms in the former service wing, 1.24(C) to 1.45(C), are not currently in use and are in a semi-derelict state. Their most recent use has been as bedsitting rooms with associated kitchenettes and bathrooms. They are in poor decorative order and are in need of conservation and refurbishment if they are to be returned to use.

Boston Manor

Appendix

Boston Manor

Appendix 1

Appendix

Boston Manor

Notes to Appendix

The works illustrated on the following pages satisfy CP.01 of this Conservation Management Plan. The repair works have been designed and specified by Richard Griffiths Architects and Alan Baxter Integrated Design.

Boston Manor HouseStructural repairs in the library

Rotting out of built-in timber, causing collapse

of brickwork

Paneling temporarily removed to allow works

Dado paneling removed to allow inspection of brickwork

Cut-out for heating pipes has weakened the wall

1 - Condition of the external walls

The poor condition of the existing brickwork came to light in c2000 when the library was closed and temporary support was installed internally and externally. The structural collapse of this corner of the House however stems from the original construction which included built-in timbers which had rotted-out. This has been progressive over a long period of time.

Water penetration into wall at top of plinth

Poor bonding of leaves of brickwork caused voids in wall

Plinth had been cut out and rebuilt in the past without

proper bond to brickwork behind

Layer of poor quality bearing strata beneath

foundation

Redundant drainage channel at base of south

east wall

Bulging brickwork

Consultants:

Section through collapsed south wall Section through window

Embedded decayed timber Collapsed brickwork in South corner Cracks between ceiling and cornice

Linings and shutters removed temporarily to allow works

Marks on the bricks indicated window openings had been enlarged historically

Lower section of wall of earlier build with different mortar

(shown shaded in grey)

Overstressed inner leaf which collapsed progressively over time

Skirting and linings had been reinstated further inside to allow for progressive bow of wall

Collapsed brickwork formed a hole through wall

Photographs showing interior of library before rebuilding brickwork

Sections through south wall before works

Contractor: PAYE Stone Ltd.

Ground fl oor location plan N

Appendix

Boston Manor

Inspection of brickwork behind panelling on 1st and 2nd fl oor Cracks in brickwork reinforced with ties in bed joints

Concrete elbows installed across corner wall

Lining reinstated after works completed

Temporary props

Inner brickwork rebuilt from insidePinned through to connect new and existing wall

Repaired brickwork

Windows repaired and redecorated

Inside face of brickwork rendered before panelling reinstated

Timber reinstated

Lining and decorations reinstated after works completed

Dado panelling reinstated

Cracks in cornice plasterwork fi lled

Existing brickwork stitched from outside

with grouted ties

Decayed wall plate removed and bricked up

Voids in wall grouted from inside

Void where timber rotted were, fi lled with bricks

Photographs showing rebuilding brickwork in library

Window jambs reconstructed fi rst

Stage 1 - Consolidation of surviving brickwork Stage 2 - Reconstruction of collapsing brickwork

Wall linings removed and temporary propping Panel under window ready to receive render

2 - Methods of repairs to external wall

The repairs carried out carefully in stages to avoid further movement of the walls, which would endanger the plaster ceilings.Firstly, the surviving walls were reinforced. Then, the brickwork was rebuilt at low level and tied to the external leaf. The voids in the thickness of the wall were fi lled with grout. Finally, concrete elbow ties were installed to tie the corner together.


Sections through south wall during works

Consultants: Contractor: PAYE Stone Ltd.


Photographs showing consolidation of brickwork on all fl oors

Earlier rebuilding brickwork after bomb damage

Stitched cracks

Cracks in decorative cornice monitored during works

Cracks in brickwork stitched across and fi lled

before rebuilding

Dado panelling removed

Cracks between cornice and wall indicated movement

Concrete elbow ties across corner

Built-in timbers within wall were removed

Survival of original plaster fi nish

Areas of surviving brickwork pinned and grouted before rebuilding works commenced

Panels below windows repaired and rendered

Junction line between two builds

Concrete elbow tie

Plaster removed

Elevation showing approximate extent & rebuild brickwork

First fl oor State Bedroom - Dado panelling removed Second fl oor bedroom - Plaster removedGround fl oor Library - Inner brickwork rebuilt

3 - Extent of repairs

These elevations record the extent of rebuilding brickwork to the southwest wall and the location of stitching and ties on the fl oors above. Wall linings were removed to facilitate the work and will be reinstated. It is likely that similar structural problems exist in other areas of the House, which need further investigations.


Consultants: Contractor: PAYE Stone Ltd.


Documents

Conservation Management Plan - London Borough of …democraticservices.hounslow.gov.uk/(S(qibw4r45wpxeg4mgckppte45... · As Faulkner, in his history of Brentford of 1845, ... (uncovered