Hills Farmhouse

LLANWARNE CP - SO 42 NE

2/47 Hills Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably late C16 with C18 extension and later alterations. Sandstone rubble, Welsh slate roof and rubble stacks with brick shafts. L-plan with cross-wing returning southwards from east end of main range. Cellar with two storeys. North elevation of two windows, is dominated by large central front stack containing a loop light; to the left of the stack are three ground floor casements each of two lights, the left one possibly late C17 and restored, a cross-casement similar to the last to the staircase at mezzanine level and a 3-light mid-C19 metal casement to the first floor; to the right of the stack is a full-height extension, probably C18, for a granary, possibly formerly with cider house beneath, which has a 2-light opening alongside a ledged door at the top of tallet stairs with a dog kennel beneath. Interior: the ground floor room south- east of the large front side stack has richly moulded ceiling beams, probably late C16, with diagonal chamfer-stops and subsidiary joists, dividing the ceiling into panels and an inset wall-post (inserted in C20) to support one beam alongside the north wall; the square south ground floor room of the cross-wing has similar mouldings but is loftier and its ceiling divided into nine regular panels; the granary roof which is divided into two bays contains a central truss with two posts from tie-beam to collar. The first floor loop light in the north side stack may have served a now inaccessible garderobe.

Listing NGR: SO4897227677