Hilltop Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Hilltop Farmhouse

WRENN ID
odd-balcony-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Hilltop Farmhouse, New Mills Road, Chisworth, SK13 5SA
OS grid reference
SJ 998 917
Coordinates
53.42297, -2.00351
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hilltop Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in 1669 and 1690, with alterations made in 1801. It is constructed from coursed gritstone rubble, featuring gritstone dressings and large quoins. The roof is made of stone slate, with stone gable end stacks, a stone ridge stock, and stone coped gables that have moulded kneelers. The building is two storeys high and has three bays.

The southern part of the farmhouse, built in 1669, has a six-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, with a 20th-century plank door inserted into the central lights. To the south, there is a two-light square sectioned mullion window with a dripmould. Above this, there is another six-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, with a datestone on the north side just under the eaves, inscribed 'WC NA GM 1669'.

Attached to the north is the house built in 1690, which features a quoined central doorcase with a staff moulded surround and a lintel inscribed 'CHG 1801', topped with a staff moulded semi-circle. To the south of this section, there is a four-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, and to the north, a 20th-century two-light chamfered mullion window. Above, there are two two-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows, with a datestone between them inscribed 'WG IG 1690'.

Local climate

Hilltop Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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