The Hill

The Hill is a country house dating to 1792, with additions made in the late 19th century. It was designed by Rev. Thomas Beaumont and James Paine Jnr. The house is constructed of brick and stucco, with hipped roofs covered in slate and concrete tiles. It features a plinth, a band at first floor level, and dentillated and moulded eaves. A number of stacks are visible on the side walls and ridge. The overall layout is that of a double-depth plan with a wing. The windows are mostly glazing-bar sashes.

The main north-west front has a central two-storey bay window with a conical roof. A central flight of steps leads to a French window, flanked by three tall sashes. Above the French window are seven sashes. To the left of the main block is a three-bay rendered loggia with a sash window. A two-storey addition of the late 19th century is visible on the south-west end, featuring a loggia with four Doric columns and intermediate glazing, with a central pair of glazed doors. Above the loggia are three sashes, the central one being smaller, topped by a coped parapet with ball finials.

The south-east side has a two-storey bow window with a parapet and a single sash on each floor. To its right is a late 19th-century pedimented brick and timber porch with a hood, incorporating a late 18th-century pedimented doorcase with a fanlight. The porch is flanked by unusual hoop-shaped stone scrapers. A sash window is located beyond the porch, followed by two more sashes. Above are three sashes. To the right again is a single-storey drawing room of the late 19th century, two bays wide, with a plinth and two sashes. Within the return angle to the left is a door with an overlight, and to the right, a French window with flanking lights. A service wing, to the right, includes a sash window and a 20th-century door with a fanlight, above which is another sash window.