Hill End Farmhouse With Adjoining Hop Kilns

Hill End Farmhouse with adjoining hop kilns is a Grade II* listed farmhouse located on Weston Beggard Lane. The building dates back to 1601, with later additions from the 17th century, 18th century, and 20th century, as well as mid-19th century hop kilns. It is constructed from coursed and dressed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, and features a timber-framed addition that has wattle-and-daub infill and a sandstone plinth, which is completely encased in render. An 18th-century outbuilding made of sandstone rubble has been incorporated into the house through 20th-century stone and brick additions and alterations, and the building has a tiled roof.

The original house is a single room in depth, featuring a stair turret and porch, and is aligned north/south. A slightly later timber-framed addition is located at the north end, while further additions to the southwest obscure the former porch and connect to an 18th-century building to the northwest, which ends in a pair of mid-19th century circular hop kilns.

The south front of the farmhouse has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar. The gable end of the earlier building is to the right, featuring raised verges and a three-light stone-mullioned window in the gable. Below this is a four-light mullioned and transomed window, along with a three-light mullioned window for the cellar. The stair turret is recessed to the right, showcasing a Tudor arched doorway and two-light stone-mullioned windows on the turret's right-hand return. To the left is a 20th-century addition with stone-mullioned windows that mimic those of the original house. A large stack with three diagonal-plan brick shafts is also present.

Inside, the former porch in the southwest has a semi-circular-headed archway with imposts and moulded jambs, along with an inner Tudor arched doorway. The ceilings throughout feature ovolo moulded beams, with a fine cross-beamed ceiling in the former first-floor room, which is now subdivided. There are moulded architraves around the doorways, and the winder staircase in the turret has a polygonal-sided newel. The former outbuilding to the northwest now serves as part of the kitchen on the ground floor, featuring interrupted tie-beam trusses and swept bracing to the collar.