Description

BINFIELD

SU87SW TERRACE ROAD NORTH
674-1/11/95 (West side (off))
20/12/72 Binfield House
(Formerly Listed as:
WICKS GREEN, Wicks Green
Binfield House)

II

Large house, now home for the elderly. Late C18, altered and
extended C19 with Gothic features, altered late C20.
MATERIALS: Red brick in Flemish bond; hipped tiled roofs of
different heights.
PLAN: Rectangular plan with extensions at rear.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics. Several chimneys, some with
clay pots. Sash windows with glazing bars, those on south-west
front with Gothic glazing bars. Entrance (south-west) front:
windows have gauged brick arches those on first floor are ogee
headed, with keystones. 4 sections; first, left of 3-bays,
projecting. Third bay has Venetian type window on first floor,
with ogee arched centre and round arched sides. Below this,
entrance door of 6 fielded panels in panelled reveal, corniced
head and patterned, rectangular overlight. Prostyle porch has
compound columns and dentil cornice, with panelled soffit.
Second section, taller of 2-bays, with doubled ogee attic
window. Third section, recessed of 3-bays, has pair of glazed
doors under square hoodmould replacing window in middle bay.
Right hand section is large, half-octagonal canted bay with
pair of glazed doors under square hoodmould replacing window
in middle bay.
INTERIOR: entrance hall, dentilled ceiling cornice enriched
with acanthus leaf ornament. Dining room: Adam chimneypiece
with swags, egg and floral enrichment in surround to marble
inset, elaborate cornice enriched with floral decoration and
paterae, console brackets with floral and dart ornament under.
Elaborate doorcase, moulded architrave with bead and reel
anthemion leaf ornament. Ionic pilasters from hall lobby into
dining room. Moulded skirting and dado rail with floral
decoration. Geometrical staircase with stone treads and closed
string. Wreathed handrail with wrought-iron balusters of lyre
pattern. Semicircular dentilled cornice in ceiling above
stairs.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669703

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Recommended Books

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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)