Binfield Manor

Heritage listing

Details BINFIELD SU87SE FOREST ROAD 674-1/12/65 (South side (off)) 07/12/66 Binfield Manor (Formerly Listed as: FOREST ROAD (South side) Binfield Manor House) GV II Large house in parkland with lake. Early C18 centre with early C19 extensions, altered mid and late C20. MATERIALS: Part painted brick but mostly painted render. Low pitched slate roofs. PLAN: rectangular plan with cross-wing extension on each end and service extension to east. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Most chimneys have been removed, only 3 remain. Plinth, dentilled, moulded cornice and parapet. Sash windows with glazing bars. Entrance (north) front: pedimented centre section of 5 bays, segmental pediments over 2 outer windows on grround floor. Centre 3-bays slightly projecting with pedimented Doric porch, triglyph frieze, mutule cornice and pediment. 3-bay projecting cross-wings on each side of centre section with single bay returns. Pediments over ground floor windows. Pediments and porch are late C20. South (garden) front: 4 canted bays, each with 3 windows, recessed sections between of 2, 1 and 1 bays. INTERIOR: not inspected. House is picturesquely situated at end of avenue of beech trees. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Berkshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 87). Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 489249 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.