Description

BOSTON

TF3244SE IRBY PLACE
716-1/7/77 (West side)
14/02/75 No.6
Irby House
(Formerly Listed as:
IRBY PLACE
(West side)
No.6
Cheshire)

GV II

House now office. Mid C18, with C19 alterations. Red brick,
lined render, pantile roof with coped gables, 2 brick gable
stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus attics, 5-bay front with 1st floor
band. Central 6-panel door with overlight, moulded surround
with roundels and small hood, flanked by 2 margin light
sashes. To first floor 5 similar windows. All windows have
brick segmental heads. In the roof 3 eaves dormers with
divided sashes and leaded segmental tops.
INTERIOR: retains turned baluster staircase, decorative
plaster ceiling to ground floor room, full height panelled
cupboards and overmantle to front first floor rooms.
HISTORY: built on the site of Irby House, home of Sir Anthony
Irby, said to have been demolished c1770.
(Wright NR: The Book of Boston: Buckingham: 1986-: 33).

Listing NGR: TF3257544147

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26668358

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5