Hinton House

Hinton House is a country house, now divided into three service flats, dating to circa 1700. It was altered in the 18th century and again between 1947 and the 1950s by Manners and Gill of Bath. The house is constructed of ashlar with a hipped slate roof concealed behind a balustraded parapet. Urns are positioned on the end pedestals of the parapet, and a moulded eaves cornice runs along the top of the walls, with ashlar stacks punctuating the roofline.

The building is two storeys high with attics, and sits on a moulded plinth. The main facade has a two-bay, three-bay, two-bay arrangement, with quoins marking the corners. The central three bays are slightly projecting and topped by a pediment containing a central oval plaque. Glazing bar sash windows are set within moulded architraves, and are adorned with arabesque decorated friezes and pediments on the ground floor (alternate ground floor windows have open pediments). Moulded cills are supported by brackets. The central entrance is a panelled door behind an Ionic porch with an open pediment and central cartouche that was originally on the east elevation. The west elevation features two windows with eighteen-pane, thick glazing bar sash windows in bolection moulded surrounds. A two-storey, two-bay wing is set back to the left, with a conservatory extending from it. The conservatory has a six-bay arcade of Tuscan columns, glazed doors with fanlights above, and a moulded, coped parapet.

The east side of the house was originally the front and contains two, six, and two bays. The outer parts of this section date to circa 1700 and have blocked glazing bar sash windows in bolection moulded surrounds. The central six-bay section was added in the 1850s and is characterised by French quoins and glazing bar sash windows in moulded architraves with decorative friezes and pediments. A four-bay service wing is located to the north.

The interior predominantly dates to the mid-19th century, but some late 18th century plasterwork remains. A large, open staircase features a decorative cast-iron balustrade and a square lantern.

The house is believed to stand on the site of a monastic grange and was likely first constructed in 1701.