Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Farmhouse, residential.

Hill House

WRENN ID
kindled-loggia-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1987
Type
Farmhouse, residential
Address
Hill House, Newton
OS grid reference
SO 506 536
Coordinates
52.17929, -2.72246
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hill House is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the mid-18th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs that have gable-end parapets and finials, along with ashlar stacks located at the east end of the main ridge, the center of the west wing ridge, and the west side of the west wing roof. The building has an L-plan layout, consisting of a main three-bay range aligned east to west, with a cross-wing at the west end that projects to the south.

The house is two storeys high with an attic and has an ashlar string course at the first-floor level. The windows are adorned with hoodmoulds that have returns. On the main south elevation, the main range features two ground floor and three first floor 12-pane sash windows. The entrance, located at the left end, has a flat ashlar canopy supported by moulded ashlar brackets, a six-panelled door, and a transom light above. The gable end of the left wing includes a large chamfered mullioned window with two lights on both the ground and first floors, each light containing an 8-pane sash. There is also an attic light in the gable.

At the east end, there is a single-storey wing that has been incorporated into the house, featuring a square window and a 20th-century door on its south elevation. The main entrance door at the rear of the house is similarly detailed to the one on the south elevation and is located next to the cross-wing, creating a through passage.

Local climate

Hill House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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