Description

SP37NE BINLEY WOODS RUGBY ROAD
(South side)
1/3 The Cocked Hat Restaurant and
O6/10/60 Hotel, Binley Common House
(Formerly listed as Binley
Common House, civil parish of
Binley)

- II

Shown on Ordnance Survey map as Binley Common Farm.
Farmhouse, now restaurant and hotel. Late C17 with mid/late C19 additions and
alterations, and late C20 alterations. Flemish bond brick with sandstone splayed
plinth, moulded string course and alternating quoins. Plain-tile hipped roof has
deep eaves. Large brick left end and right external stacks have gables and roofs
and partly-rebuilt shafts. U-plan with wings to garden to rear. 2 storeys and
attic; 4-window range. Symmetrical fronts. C20 moulded 6-panelled door in simple
painted moulded stone doorcase with heavy dentil cornice. Painted stone
chamfered cross windows have glazing bars. Outer bays are widely spaced. 4
hipped roof dormers have C20 two-light casements with glazing bars. C19
single-storey wing at right angles on left has end stack. Late C20 windows.
Right external stack has moulded stone string course and cornices. Garden front
of 4 bays. Recessed centre has late C20 six-panelled door. Painted moulded stone
eared architrave has pulvinated frieze and pediment. Panel of sandstone blocks
above. Flanking windows. Late C20 top-hung sashes throughout have brick flat
arches with painted keystones to centre, and C19 rusticated painted rendered
flat arches to wings. Wings have C19 canted bays to ground floor. Four C20
two-light nipped roof dormers. Small C19 single-storey range at right angles on
right. Interior is altered, but retains dog-leg staircase with turned balusters.

Listing NGR: SP3869277640

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26646802

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