Hill House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1984. Farmhouse.

Hill House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
pitched-paling-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hyndburn
Constituency
Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 March 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Hill House Farmhouse, Towngate
OS grid reference
SD 777 304
Coordinates
53.77013, -2.33925
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hill House Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It is constructed from coursed rubble with quoins and features a slate and stone slate roof, complete with gable copings. The building has one chimney on the ridge and another at the right gable.

This typical 17th-century house has a three-bay baffle-entry design and is two stories high. It includes a two-story gabled porch and a two-story gabled rear extension. The porch, located at the junction of the first and second bays, has a slightly arched doorway. Above it, on the first floor, is a four-light double-chamfered stone mullion window with a hoodmould. The porch also contains a later door and a small stairlight on the left side, as well as a similar small window on the right side.

The farmhouse features six additional double-chamfered stone mullion windows with hoodmoulds: two on the ground floor with 2, 5, and 2 lights, and four on the first floor (one of which is missing two mullions). The rear of the house includes a small chamfered window on each floor of the third bay. Inside, there is a stone staircase in the porch, but the rest of the interior has been altered.

Local climate

Hill House Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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