NHER 41214 (Building record) - Booton Manor

Constructed in about 1900 by W F Elwin to replace the adjacent Booton Hall. Red brick and pantile, seven bays, two storeys plus attic windows in gables. Vaguely Jacobean style with windows as wooden cross casements (yet in Georgian style surrounds), stepped gables, porch of one storey, diamond shafts on stacks rising through roof slopes. Interior once consisted of a few very large rooms separated by arches and columns, since subdivided. Entrance via columned porch on side away from road, approached by carriage drive.
Design suggested as influenced by E Lutyens (famous Edwardian architect) but the building is more important as an example of the unique eclectic style of Elwin, a self taught designer who also built the parish church, school, etc.
(S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 28 February 2005.