Bindon Abbey

Bindon Abbey is a house and chapel built around 1794 in the Gothic style, using materials from the ruins of Bindon Abbey. The building was extended at the rear in the 19th century. It features stone walls and slate roofs with pinnacled parapets on the gables, along with brick stacks. The original structure has a rectangular four-room layout with a central entrance hall and staircase.

The main elevation showcases a central battlemented porch with recessed carved panels in the battlements. It includes a moulded Gothic arch in a square frame, adorned with heraldic ornament in the spandrils. On the ground floor, there are two four-light windows with timber tracery beneath hoodmoulds, while the first floor has three Gothic arched windows with timber tracery. The west wall features a four-light window on the ground floor with timber tracery under hoodmoulds. A Gothic arched panelled door on the first floor leads to an external timber staircase, providing a separate entrance to the chapel, and above this door is a Gothic arched niche. The rear range, which is under a lean-to roof, has square-headed windows with timber tracery on both floors.

The later rear wing has plastered brick walls and a flat roof with parapets, with windows similar to those in the original building. A staircase tower on the main house projects above the lean-to and has a gabled roof.

Inside, the entrance hall features Gothic plaster vaulting, and the doors to the main rooms are designed in Gothic style with traceried panelling. There is a simple cut-string staircase with square balusters and a wreathed mahogany handrail. On the first floor, the front part of the house serves as a chapel, also with Gothic plaster vaulting, making it a notable example of early Gothic Revival architecture.