Bosmere Hall
First built in the second half of the eighteenth century on the north side of the River Gipping valley, Bosmere Hall was surrounded by a small park including the ancient Bosmere lake, known for its abundant fish where two boathouses once lay on its shore. The house sat in an oval garden enclosure with stables and enclosures to the north, one of which had glasshouses during the nineteenth century. A further glasshouse, probably an orangery, had views across the parkland and down to the river. A small lodge, probably dated to the early-nineteenth century, survives at the entrance along the park’s boundary. The house has been substantially altered since it was first built but the parkland, lake and garden enclosure around the house survive today very much as they were in the nineteenth century, although the glasshouses have been lost and the stables and enclosures have been converted for office use.
Not open to the public
