Hinton Priory

Hinton Priory is a country house that likely includes parts of a monastic gatehouse or guest house, dating from the 14th to 15th centuries, with alterations made in the mid to late 16th century. It was restored in 1933 by Snailum, Pictor of Bruton. The building is constructed of rubble with freestone quoins and dressings, featuring 20th-century tiled roofs and ashlar stacks with caps. It has two storeys and attics with steep stone gables.

The south elevation has an irregular U-plan with two bays on either side and one bay in the center, which is recessed. The ground floor features 3- and 4-light cross windows, while the upper floor has casements, all set in hollow chamfered mullions and surrounds. There are continuous dripmoulds over both the ground and first floors, with individual dripmoulds above the attic windows. A 20th-century ashlar porch with a four-centre headed doorway is located at the southeast corner. Above this porch, there is a three-light corner window under a dripmould with lozenge stops. To the right, there is an early 20th-century single-storey, two-bay extension that also has 3- and 4-light cross windows.

The east gable end features a two-light cusped window in the attic. The rear or north elevation is irregular and has gabled sections at both ends, with the left gable projecting slightly. This side includes single and two-light windows (restored) with trefoil heads, along with a 19th-century four-centre headed doorway that has the date 1555 incised into the lintel (with modern lettering). There is a quatrefoil light in a lateral stack with offsets, a buttress, and an adjoining canted stair tower topped with a gable. The right gable has similar fenestration to the south elevation.

Inside, there are two spiral staircases, one made of oak and the other of stone with a moulded handrail. The interior also features a fragment of a medieval archway, freestone fireplaces in moulded surrounds with flat and four-centred heads, a ribbed plaster ceiling, and a plaster overmantel on the first floor. The house is believed to incorporate remains of the Carthusian Hinton Priory.