Binfield Place

Binfield Place is a house, now offices, dating from the mid-16th century, with alterations and extensions in the 17th, 19th, and around 1930. The primary building material is old brick, some featuring a patterned arrangement of vitreous headers. Some brickwork is in English bond, while other sections use Flemish bond. There is also a timber frame encased in brick, and the roofs are covered in old tiles, hipped in style.

Originally comprising four framed bays, the house has been extended to the west and south, resulting in an irregular plan. The building is two storeys in parts, with others featuring an attic, and incorporates a cellar. Three chimneys are present, one with diagonal shafts resting on square bases and offset heads; this chimney bears the date 1702. Modern diamond-leaded casements are found throughout.

The south front features three single-bay projections with hipped roofs. The left-hand projection includes an entrance porch slightly overhanging the first floor, and contains a two-light window and a plank door with a pointed head, set within a brick arch at ground floor level. A single-bay section, dated to the 20th century, adjoins this. The central projection houses the staircase and has a large window with a pointed head and a brick arch, featuring a transom and interlaced glazing bars. The right-hand projection has a platband and a coved and moulded eaves cornice, along with a three-light window on both the ground and first floors. On the left return of this projection is an entrance door of eight fielded panels, with a segmental head, approached by four brick steps. A recessed two-bay section between the second and third projections has a platband and three-light windows on both floors.

The interior of the older section retains extensive 16th and 17th-century panelling on both floors. A conference room exhibits exposed large, chamfered joists, including a principal beam with chamfers and plain stops, alongside a combination of 16th and 19th-century panelling. A stone fireplace with roll mouldings, partly remodelled, is also present. An adjoining office showcases exposed large joists and principal beams with roll mouldings, hollow chamfers, and painted floral decoration incorporating Tudor roses. An 18th-century panelling and a 17th-century chalk fireplace with roll mouldings on the jambs and head are also noteworthy. Rooms above these ground floor rooms feature 16th and 17th-century panelling and moulded ceiling cornices. A staircase hall contains a 19th-century dog-leg staircase in the Jacobean style. A passage to the right of the stair hall is lined with early 17th-century panelling, featuring fluted uprights and a cornice. The roof incorporates double butt purlins, chamfered, a large arch-braced middle truss, and a moulded tie-beam on the gable end. Historical records indicate the house was once far larger, including a west wing whose foundations have been discovered, and originally had an E-shaped plan.