Hinwick House

Hinwick House is a small country house built between 1708 and 1714 for Richard Orlebar, with a large domestic wing added around 1860 to the north side by F C Penrose. The original architect is not known. The earlier part of the building features finely coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and consists of three storeys. The top storey, made from a slightly different stone and style, appears to be an afterthought. It has plain Doric pilasters, a roof cornice, and a balustraded parapet. A moulded cornice at the top of the first floor is supported by giant Corinthian pilasters. All windows are sashes in flush frames with moulded surrounds.

The eastern entrance front has seven bays divided in a 2:3:2 arrangement by pilasters. The central half-glazed door is topped with a semi-circular fanlight and an architrave surround, with consoles supporting a broken scrolly pediment that encloses an achievement in the tympanum. The southern elevation features five window bays with round-headed semi-circular niches flanking the central windows on the ground and first floors. At the center of the top storey is a large pediment, carved by John Hunt of Northampton, which includes a bas relief of Diana, honoring Diana, the wife of Richard Orlebar.

To the west, there are two slightly later projecting wings. The central doorway has a fine arched hood on carved brackets. The northern wing, added in the 19th century by Penrose, is built of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and has two storeys. The eastern roof slopes are covered with Welsh slates, while the western side has plain concrete tiles. The windows in this wing are also sashes in architrave surrounds. The eastern side features three parallel hipped roofs behind a parapet, with a recessed section to the north and a projecting gable with a dentilled pediment. A large central chimney stack breaks through the pediment. The western elevation is simpler, with a central gable that slightly breaks forward.