Hill End Farmhouse

Hill End Farmhouse is a house dating from the mid-to-late 17th century, with an 18th-century addition to the right. It is a fine example of a prosperous Yeoman's house, displaying 18th-century classical details. The front of the house is constructed of large, well-coursed gritstone, hammer-dressed on the rear, with stone slate roofs. The original house was likely two-cell, with a gable entry, to which a stair-hall and large parlour were added in the 18th century, creating a double-depth plan. Most of the original windows remain intact, featuring double-chamfered mullions and a continuous hood mould over the ground-floor windows of the first two cells. The first cell has a 6-light window; a doorway was created by removing two of the window lights, with a 4-light window above. The second cell has an inserted doorway with tie-stone jambs to the left of its 6-light window; it also has a 2-light fire-window and two 3-light windows to the first floor. A coped gable to the left is topped with a ridge stack. The 18th-century addition is taller and has a 9-light window with two king mullions on each floor. A dripmould sits above the ground floor window, interrupted by a later Classical doorcase, featuring pilasters, an entablature with triglyphs, and a segmental pediment. Above this is a large sash window with a raised architrave and sill on consoles. This addition also has gable stacks.

At the rear, the house is L-shaped with a projecting bay to the left, having quoins, a 6-light window with king mullions to each floor, and a doorway with composite jambs and a Tudor-arched lintel to the right. A tall stair window with an arched lintel, keystone, and impost-blocks is set back. The earlier part of the house has two bays of windows: a 6-light window with a 4-light window above, and a 5-light window with a 4-light window above. Between these is a projecting gabled cellar, partially submerged into the hillside, topped with an arched light featuring sunken spandrels. A lateral stack is located at the junction of the two builds.

Inside, the housebody retains stop-chamfered joists with scarf-joints, along with evidence of a former bressumer. Several service rooms are located at the rear. The 18th-century addition contains an entrance hall with a simple plaster ceiling featuring a moulded cornice and an elliptical raised moulding. A moulded surround has been added to the former external door (leading to the housebody) to match the other doors. The parlour has stop-chamfered beams and joists. A 19th-century open-well staircase, likely replacing an earlier one, rises to a landing from which open doors with stone surrounds – chamfered and arched. Steps beneath the staircase lead down to a vaulted cellar.