Building record MLI126658 - The Woad Man, Boston
Summary
A former mid-20th century public house, now flats.
Type and Period (2)
- PUBLIC HOUSE (Mid 20th Century to 21st Century - 1955 AD? to 2015 AD?)
- FLATS (21st Century - 2023 AD? to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A public house purpose-built in 1955 to cater to the surrounding housing estate. The term "woad man" comes from the local woad-growing industry. The woad plant was used to produce a blue dye for wool and other fabrics. Until the early 20th century high timber drying sheds were commonplace in the landscape around Boston. The public house was closed at some point between 2014 and 2015 and is being converted into flats, with an extension being added to the rear, as of 2023. The original public house building was two storeys high, constructed of red brick with a hipped roof and single brick chimney stack to one end. The groud floor was divided in four bays, three windows and the entrance door to the right end. The first floor had two windows, above the left and right windows of the ground floor. As of 2022 the coversion works of the public house have meant a change to the old façade, the door and windows were removed and replaced with three identical bays on the first and ground floors. These bays are comprised of uPVC sash windows. The entrance to the now-flats is probably located at the side of the building or in the modern rear extension. {1}{2}{3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI17424 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Inns on the Edge Project Surveys. Boston, The Woad Man.
- <2> SLI11533 Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Google Street View Image August 2022 and Google Earth image August 2023, accessed 07/08/2023.
- <3> SLI17563 Website: Boston Borough Council. 2023. Boston Borough Planning Portal. https://www.boston.gov.uk/article/18477/Planning-and-Building-Control. B/15/0515.
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Location
Grid reference | Not recorded |
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Civil Parish | BOSTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Aug 7 2023 12:35PM
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