The Priory

BINFIELD

SU87SW CHURCH HILL 674-1/11/54 (North East side) 20/12/72 The Priory

GV II

Formerly known as: The Priory CHURCH HILL. Formerly known as: The Rectory CHURCH HILL. Rectory to Church of All Saints (qv) and house (formerly The Priory) now one large house. Early C18, altered and extended c1820-30; altered late C20. MATERIALS: Red brick in Flemish bond; Old tile hipped roof at rear; slate, hipped and gabled roof at front. PLAN: T-plan with early C19 part on east. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, with part 2 storeys and attic. Several chimneys with offset brick heads. East (entrance) front, brick plinth. Thin, wood box cornice, bracketed around the west end which is rounded and forms a bay window. 6-bays. First bay has blind windows and a large projecting chimney between first and second bays. Near central entrance with pair of 6-panelled doors with patterned fanlight under segmental arch. Prostyle Doric porch with heavy, mutule cornice and panelled soffit, approached by 6 steps. Blind boxes to first floor windows. Rear section of house now irregular with 2 canted bay windows on west front, and some C20 replacement sash windows. INTERIOR: C19 section contains an early C19 open-well staircase with stick balusters and wreathed handrail. Vestibule and hall has Portland stone floor with slate diamond patterning; panelled round-arched entry from vestibule to hall with patterned fanlight. Moulded ceiling cornices to most rooms; panelled window shutters. Early C19, cast-iron hob fireplaces in front bedrooms. (Victoria County History: VOL III: 119).