Binham Farmhouse

Farmhouse, originally part of the grange of Cleeve Abbey. The earliest parts of the farmhouse date to the 15th century, with alterations made in the 16th century and in 1624, and a reroofing in the 19th century. The northern portion of the building was largely rebuilt, with the removal of a later three-story addition in the northwest corner. The construction is of squared and coursed blue lias, with random rubble red sandstone used for the porch, and a slate roof with coped verges on the right side. A brick stack is located in the right gable end and rising from the eaves to the right of the porch.

The building has an L-shaped layout with later additions, creating a three-cell and cross-passage arrangement from south to north. The earlier wing is situated in the southwest corner, where the site of a demolished stair turret is visible in the angle. A later stair turret is located in the northwest corner. The farmhouse is two stories high, with a window arrangement of 1:1:2 bays. A 17th-century ovolo molded mullioned casement window is positioned to the left of the full-height porch, which has a coped gable and finials. Renewed mullions are on the right side, alongside one three-light casement and a two four-light casement. A five-light oriel window projects outwards, with a corbelled base, a slate-roofed pentice, and two three-light windows to the left and two four-light windows to the right of the porch. A molded arched opening, possibly reset with a hoodmould and diamond stops, features a square-headed molded wooden door frame and a ribbed and panelled inner door. A coat of arms with the date 1624 is displayed above the outer entrance. On the left return, there is a four-centred arched stone door frame with spandrels and a hoodmould. The rear elevation contains a first-floor alabaster depressed Tudor arch opening to the stair turret.

The interior includes an eight-panel compartment ceiling on the left side of the cross passage, and a four-panel room to the right. Numerous molded peaked doorframes and depressed four-centre arch fireplaces are present, including one in a first-floor room connecting to the porch room. This fireplace has plasterwork overmantel depicting an allegorical scene with Truth and Time, and a molded plasterwork frieze. The layout of the original grange is unclear, and at the time of Dissolution, it was leased to tenants. The coat of arms belongs to Robert Boteler the Younger, who succeeded his father in 1624 as the lessee of Henry Radcliff.