Boston Spa is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The parish contains 58 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish contains the village of Boston Spa and the surrounding area. The spa was discovered in 1744 and during the late 18th and early 19th century the village developed as a spa town. This resulted in the building of hotels and many substantial houses, mainly along the High Street or nearby.[2] Most of these are built in magnesian limestone with roofs of stone slate or Welsh slate, and are in Georgian style, and many of them are listed. Also listed are the hotels and the original baths, which have been converted for domestic and other uses. The other listed buildings include structures associated with these houses, the former lodge to Wetherby Grange, a road bridge, a public house, two churches, and two mileposts.
The dovecote is near the south end of Thorp Arch Bridge. It is in magnesian limestone with an eaves band, and a hipped stone slate roof with a finial. There is one storey and a half-basement, and a square single-cell plan. It contains doorways, smaller openings and perching ledges, and inside are nesting holes and ledges.[3]
The house, which was later extended, is in magnesian limestone with quoins, and a Welsh slate roof with chamferedgablecopings and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys, three bays, and a recessed single-storey, single-bay wing on the left. The central doorway has a three-piece lintel, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes. In the wing is a French window.[4]
The hotel was later extended, and in the 20th century converted into a shop. It is in painted magnesian limestone, with roofs of stone slate, Welsh slate, and cement tiles. The original block has three storeys and three bays, in about 1870 it was extended to the right with a taller block with two storeys and five bays, and there were later extensions to the left, of three storeys and three bays, and beyond of two storeys and two bays. In the centre of the original block is a blocked doorway flanked by Venetian windows, and in the right block is a round-headed doorway that has a fanlight with Gothic glazing bars, and a porch with Doric columns, triglyphs, guttae, and an open pediment. The windows are a mix of casements and sashes, some of the latter horizontally-sliding.[2][5]
A pair of houses in a row, they are in magnesian limestone with a Welsh slate roof. No. 110 on the right has two storeys, No. 112 has three, and each house has two bays. Both houses have doorways with fanlights and crossed glazing bars, the windows are sashes, and in No. 110 is a with doors.[7]
Houses later used for other purposes, they are in magnesian limestone with slate roofs. No. 200, on the right, has paired gutter brackets and a hipped roof, three storeys and two bays. The doorway has a semicircular fanlight with radial glazing bars, and a cornice, and to the right is a bow window with an architrave. In the upper floors are sash windows, one blocked. Nos. 202–204 have two storeys and four bays. The doorway has a rectangular fanlight with radial glazing bars and a bracketed hood. The other ground floor bays contain bowed shop windows with cornices, and in the upper floor are sash windows.[8]
A row of three houses in magnesian limestone, two of them pebbledashed, with a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys, and each house has three bays. All the houses have doorways with fanlights, and Nos. 1 and 3 have doorcases with a bracketed canopy. The windows are sashes.[9]
The buildings are in magnesian limestone with slate roofs. The hall has a main block with five bays, a lower two-bay wing on the west, both with two storeys and attics, a three-storey two-bay recessed wing on the east, and at the rear is Mews Cottage with a separate roof. The main block has a plinth, a dentilledeavescornice, copedgables with shaped kneelers, a central Doric doorcase with an open pediment, and a doorway with a semicircular fanlight. Both wings and Mews Cottage have doorways with cornices, and the windows in all parts are sashes.[2][10]
A large house, later offices, it is in magnesian limestone on a plinth, with a dentilledeavescornice, and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, seven bays, the outer bays recessed, and a rear three-storey wing. In the centre, steps lead up to a sandstoneDoric porch with pilasters, a flutedfrieze, and a dentilled cornice, and a doorway with a fanlight. Above it is a sash window in an architrave, and the flanking bays contain two-storey cantedbay windows. The outer bays contain sash windows. At the rear is a brick two-storey porch with a moulded round arch, and an inscribed keystone.[11]
A pair of houses in magnesian limestone with roofs of stone slate and Welsh slate. They have an H-shaped plan, with each house having two storeys and three bays linked by a wing. On the front facing the road is a central porch with Doric columns, a doorway that has a fanlight with radial glazing bars, and a pediment. This is flanked by cantedbay windows, and over all is a cornice. In the garden front are French windows, and both houses have sash windows. The linking wing contains a doorway with a fluted surround and a bracketed cornice.[12]
The house, which was extended in the late 19th century, is in magnesian limestone with a dentilledeavescornice, and a roof of stone slate and Welsh slate. There are two storeys, the original part has three bays, and there is a later two-bay wing on the left projecting from an earlier wing. The central doorway in the original part has a fanlight with radial glazing bars, and a pediment on consoles, above it is a sash window, and it is flanked by two-storey bow windows. The wing has a hipped roof and sash windows.[14]
The house is in magnesian limestone with a sill band and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The central doorway has a rectangular fanlight, to its right is a cantedbay window, and further to the right is a round-headed passage doorway that has a semicircular fanlight with radial glazing bars. The other windows are sashes.[17]
A house in magnesian limestone with a sill band, and a hipped roof of Welsh and green slate. There are two storeys and a half-basement, a symmetrical front of seven bays, the middle three bays projecting under a pediment, and a canted projection at the rear. In the centre is a porch with an architrave and a pediment, and the windows are casements.[2][18]
A hotel, later converted into four houses, the building is in magnesian limestone with a stone slate roof. There are three storeys and basements, a symmetrical front of nine bays, the outer bays projecting, and a single-storey outbuilding on the right. Along the front is a balustrade ramping up to a central porch with an open pediment and a doorway with a fanlight, and in the eighth bay is a doorway with a canopy. The basement windows have round heads, and the other windows are flat-headed sashes. Each outer bay contains a tripartite window in the ground floor, and sash windows flanked by panels in the upper floors.[19][20]
The house was later refronted and extended. It is in magnesian limestone with dentilledeaves, and a roof of Westmorland green slate with copedgables and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and four bays. The right three bays are symmetrical and contain a central doorway with ribbed pilasters, a semicircular fanlight with radial glazing, and a peaked cornice. The windows are sashes, and in the left bay is a basket-arched carriage entrance.[21]
The house is in magnesian limestone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, attics and cellars, and six bays. Steps lead up to the doorway that has a fanlight with radial glazing bars, a frieze with roundels, and a cornice on consoles, and the windows are sashes.[22]
The outbuildings, which include stables and a coach house, are in magnesian limestone with pantile roofs. There are two storeys, and two parts, each with three bays, the right part recessed. The left part contains two arched carriage entrances, a stable door and casement windows, with square windows above. In the right part are quoins, and the openings include an arched wagon entrance, sash windows, and doorways.[23]
A house, later offices, in magnesian limestone on a plinth, with a dentilled and modillionedeavescornice, and a stone slate roof with copedgables and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and three bays, flanked by single-storey single-bay wings and single-bay screen walls, and with a parallel rear range. The central doorway has a sandstone doorcase with Doric columns, a plain frieze and a pediment, and the door has a semicircular fanlight with radial glazing bars. This is flanked by tripartite windows, and in the upper floor are sash windows. Attached to the rear are a wing on the right, and a coach house and stable with an arched carriage entrance on the left.[25]
The house is in magnesian limestone, on a plinth, with sill bands, a dentilledeavescornice, and a stone slate roof. There are three storeys, five bays, a two-storey rear wing on the left, and a wing wall to the right with a single-storey extension behind. In the centre is a distyleDoric porch with a flutedfrieze and a dentilled pediment, and a doorway with a fanlight. In the left bay are two inserted doorways, and the windows are sashes. The wing wall contains a blind window and doorway.[2][26]
A terrace of three houses in magnesian limestone, with a sill band, an eavescornice with gutter brackets, and a Welsh slate roof with copedgables and shaped kneelers. There are three storeys and a basement, six bays, a two-bay screen wall on the left, and a one-bay screen wall on the right. In each house, steps lead up to a doorway in the left bay that has columns, an open pediment, and a semicircular fanlight with radial glazing bars. To the right is a bow window, and in the upper floors are sash windows. The left screen wall contains two semi-domed niches, and the right wall is a sash window and a ball finial.[27]
The house is in magnesian limestone with roofs of stone slate and pantiles. There are two storeys and three bays, two extensions to the right and a wing at the rear on the left. The central doorway has a fanlight, and is flanked by two-storey bay windows. The first extension contains sash windows, and in the second extension the windows are casements.[28]
The stable block, which has been converted for other uses, is in magnesian limestone with a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys, four bays, the middle two bays projecting under a pediment containing a blind oculus, and single-storey single-bay wings. The windows are casements, and in the right wing is a doorway with a bracketed canopy.[30]
A house that was later extended, it is in magnesian limestone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, and an added bay to the left. The original part has a plinth, a central doorway and sash windows. In the added bay is a basket-arched carriage entrance, a doorway and two sash windows.[31]
A pair of houses in magnesian limestone with moulded iron guttering, and roofs of stone slate and Welsh slate. There are two storeys, six bays, and a parallel rear range. The doorways have semicircular fanlights with radial glazing bars, imposts and keystones. Each house has a two-storey cantedbay window and sash windows. At the rear are outbuildings, one with external stone steps and two gables.[32]
A pair of mirror-image houses, they are in magnesian limestone with a hipped Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys, and both houses have two bays. Each outer bay contains a two-storey bow window, and in the inner bay is a doorway that has a semicircular fanlight with radial glazing and a keystone. Above the doorway is a sash window.[35]
The house is in magnesian limestone with a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, a lower two-storey rear wing, and flanking two-bay screen walls. The central doorway has a pediment, and the windows are sashes. The screen wall to the left contains a doorway, and the right wall acts as a front to a single-storey extension.[36]
A pair of houses on a corner site in magnesian limestone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, the right house has two bays, and the left house has three. Each house has a central doorway with an architrave and a pediment on consoles and a fanlight, the right house with crossed glazing bars, and the left house with radial glazing bars. The windows in both houses are sashes. In the left return are two inserted bow windows.[37]
The original part of the public house, on a corner site, is in magnesian limestone, with paired brackets to the eavescornice, and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and two bays. The doorway has a fanlight, to the right is a bow window, and in the upper floor are sash windows. The right return contains a round-headed stair window, a smaller round-headed attic window, and other inserted windows.[38]
The house is in magnesian limestone with a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and a basement, and a symmetrical front of three bays, and at the rear are an extension and a wing. Steps with iron handrails lead up to the doorway that has a fanlight and a cornice. The windows are sashes in architraves.[39]
A house in magnesian limestone with a roof of Welsh slate and stone slate. There are two storeys, three bays, and a single-storey wing on the left. The doorway has a fanlight, and the windows are sashes. In the left return is a round-headed stair window.[40]
A shop with dwellings above and at the rear, the front is in sandstone, and the rest is in magnesian limestone, with a band, a frieze and a dentilledcornice, and a slate roof with copedgables. There are two storeys and three bays. The ground floor contains a shop front with a central double door flanked by large shop windows with mullions, side pilasters, and a dentilled cornice. In the angle on the right is a doorway with a fanlight, and a shaped and mouldedcanopy. The outer bays of the upper floor contain bow windowscantilevered over the ground floor, and between them is a blind window with an architrave.[44]
The house, which was later extended, is in magnesian limestone, with paired gutter brackets and a slate roof, hipped on the left. There are two storeys, three bays, and flanking screen walls, the left converted into a two-storey one-bay wing. The doorway has a three-pane fanlight and a peaked canopy on shaped brackets, and the windows are sashes. In the right screen wall is a blind window containing a carved shield. The wall enclosing the front garden has domed coping, it sweeps down from the screen wall, and is ramped up to the square gate piers.[45]
A pair of red brick houses with a Welsh slate roof. There are three storeys and half-basements, and three bays. Steps lead up to the central doorways that have fanlights, and are flanked by cantedbay windows. Over them is an ornamental balcony with an iron balustrade. In the upper floors the central windows are blind, in the middle floor they are flanked by French windows, and in the top floor by casements. The basement area is enclosed by iron railings that rise as handrails to the steps.[49]
A house later used for other purposes, it is in magnesian limestone on a plinth, and has a fascia board with brackets and modillions under a wooden gutter, and a slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and a rear wing on the left. Steps lead up to a central doorway that has a fanlight, an architrave, a flutedfrieze, and a pediment on consoles. The windows are sashes with architraves and three-piece wedge lintels. At the rear are a doorway, a French window, a round-arched stair window and sashes.[50]
The church is in magnesian limestone with a Welsh slate roof, two storeys and a basement, three bays on the front and four along the sides, and a rear wing. The front is gabled, and steps lead up to a central sandstone doorcase containing double doors with a semicircular fanlight in an architrave with pilasters, a keystone, and a peaked cornice. This flanked by small round-arched casement windows with keystones and acroteria. Above are similar, larger stepped windows.[2][51]
A row of three houses in red brick with a pantile roof. There are three storeys, and each house has one bay. The doorways are recessed, and have fanlights with crossed glazing bars. Over the doorways is a wooden entablature, and by the side of each doorway is a tripartite window. The windows in the upper floors are sashes.[52]
A terrace of houses in magnesian limestone with a slate roof. There are two storeys, and an L-shaped plan, with seven bays facing High Street and four facing Spa Lane. The houses facing High Street have doorways with quoined round arches on imposts and semicircular fanlights with radial glazing bars, and bow windows. In the front facing Spa Lane are two gabled porches and a passageway. The windows in Spa Lane and the upper floor in High Street are sashes.[53]
A hotel, later a school, then a private house, it is in sandstone and magnesian limestone with a hipped Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys, and sides of three bays, each with a central projection. The entrance front has a plinth, a rusticated ground floor, and corner quoinpilasters. Steps lead up to the central doorway that has a triangular hood and side lights, and above are three windows with an impost band and rusticated arches. In the upper floor of the outer bays are triple round-arched windows with a cornice. Above the central doorway at the rear is a corbelled balcony with a balustrade.[54]
The retaining wall alongside the River Wharfe is in magnesian limestone and is coped. It is between 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) and 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, and contains intermediate gate piers and end piers that are square with chamfered caps. The wall incorporates a single-storey single-bay outbuilding that has a hipped Welsh slate roof and pierced eaves, and contains a doorway at the rear.[55]
A manse, later divided into three dwellings, it is in magnesian limestone, with a wooden cornice, gutter brackets, and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys, a symmetrical front of five bays, the outer bays projecting and gabled, and a longer rear range. The central doorway has a fanlight and a cornice, and it is flanked by tripartite windows,. Above the doorway is a round-headed window with an architrave and flanking sash windows. In the outer bays there are cantedbay windows in the ground floor, and above is a recessed round arch containing two round-headed windows.[56]
Originally a hotel, later five shops, they are in magnesian limestone with a Welsh slate roof. There are three storeys and nine bays. The row contains a basket-arched carriage entrance, and in the ground floor are projecting flat-roofed shop fronts. The windows in the upper floors are sashes, and in the left return is a round-headed doorway.[57]
The milepost is on the north side of the A659 road. It consists of a cast iron plate on a gritstone pole, with a triangular plan and a rounded top. On the top is inscribed "TADCASTER & OTLEY ROAD" and "CLIFFORD CUM BOSTON" and on the sides are the distances to Tadcaster, Boston Spa, Wetherby, Harewood and Otley.[60]
The milepost is on the northeast side of High Street (A659 road). It consists of a cast iron plate on a gritstone pole, with a triangular plan and a rounded top. On the top is inscribed "TADCASTER & OTLEY ROAD" and "CLIFFORD CUM BOSTON" and on the sides are the distances to Tadcaster, Wetherby, Harewood and Otley.[61]
A brick house in Arts and Crafts style, with sandstone dressings, partly roughcast, and a slate roof with copedgables. There are three storeys, a main front of two bays, and a small southeast wing. The main front bays are gabled, in the ground floor of the left bay is a six-light mullioned window, and the right bay is a cantedbay window with a moulded band. In the upper floors of both bays are canted oriel windows. To the right is a flat-roofed single-storey porch, and a doorway with a carved and initialled lintel. Attached to the house is a brick garden wall coped with tiles and bricks, about 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) high, and containing a potting shed, an outhouse and a greenhouse.[62]
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