Description

CREWKERNE

ST4309 BINCOMBE
876-1/6/22 Old Bincombe
06/09/74
(Formerly Listed as:
BINCOME
Bincome House)

II

House. Dated 1855.
MATERIALS: Rough limestone ashlar with Ham Hill stone
rusticated quoins, architraves and doorcase, hipped slate roof
with stone stacks flanking central range.
PLAN: double-depth central-staircase plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. All windows
to the front and first-floor returns are 6/6-pane sashes set
in moulded architraves. The shallow roof has wide bracketed
eaves, and the pediment to the stepped-forward central
entrance bay is bracketed; the doorcase has a cornice on
consoles.
INTERIOR: large open well, open string staircase with a
wreathed oak handrail and curtail step has a skylight above
with frosted patterned glass. The library, to the right, was
oak panelled in 1925. The sitting room to the left has high
skirting boards and an ornate cornice; a wide canted bay to
the rear has shutters, now fixed back. The first-floor has a
white marble fireplace to the main room and a late C19 grate.
The doors are 4-panel in Georgian-style architraves.

Listing NGR: ST4367009884

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503150

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Recommended Books

• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)