Middle Hill

House. Dating back to the 14th century, the house has undergone alterations in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is mainly timber-framed with rendered infill on a rubble base, with some areas of coursed dressed sandstone rubble walling, rendered on the south side. The roofs are a mix of machine tiles, slates, and some stone slates laid in diminishing courses. The building consists of a hall and a cross-wing. Originally, the hall was cruck-framed and had two bays aligned east to west; the western bay was demolished in the 17th century, and the remaining eastern bay was heightened and widened. A large external rubble chimney, featuring offsets, and a detached brick stack were built at the west end. The cross-wing initially had two bays and intersected with the east end of the hall. It was extended by one bay to the south in the 17th century, alongside the construction of an external rubble chimney with a brick stack on the east side of the northernmost bay. The house has two storeys and a cellar. Visible cruck truss elements at the west end of the hall display braced collars and cusped struts. The wall framing has three rows of square panels at first-floor level, with swept braces in the upper corners. A collar and tie-beam truss with a central strut beneath the collar is present at the north end, while the southern bay features four rows of square panels from sill to wall-plate. The north front includes a canted oriel window from the 19th century with narrow casements on the ground floor and a main entrance with a moulded architrave, a four-panelled 19th-century door, a transom light with two glazing bars, and a square side light. The cross-wing gable end incorporates a cellar door, a 3-light 20th-century casement window on the ground floor, and a 2-light 20th-century casement window on the first floor. Lean-to additions are present on the south-west side. Inside the cross-wing, there are exposed 14th-century ceiling beams, and much of the 17th-century timber framing remains visible.