Historical Information:  Built in 1731, as a town house by Samuel Crompton,  probably to a design by Richard Jackson. The building was extended in 1760 and again in 1875 and the 1950s. It was the home of the Boden family from 1873 to 1922. Henry Boden and his wife Mary working tirelessly for temperance.   In 1922, following the death of Henry Boden, his widow finding the house too large sold it to the Whitaker family. Shortly afterwards they set about transforming it into a licensed hotel, much to the annoyance of Mrs Boden.

Curiosities:  It was built on part of the grounds that once belonged to a Dominican Monastery, who built a large friary here with some 16 acres of parkland featuring fishponds, a chapel and other buildings.