Hill Farmhouse

Hill Farmhouse is a house dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the early 19th century. It features a timber frame that is partly exposed on one gable end, while the rest is cased and rebuilt in red brick, laid in Flemish bond on a squared and coursed sandstone plinth. The farmhouse has plain-tiled gable roofs and a ridge stack of red brick located at the junction of the main range and the cross-wing.

The building has a T-plan layout, with the main entrance situated away from the hearth. It is one storey and has an attic, with the south front serving as the main elevation. There is one 19th-century gable dormer on this side. The doors are boarded, and the windows are iron frame leaded light casements with original fastenings, also from the 19th century. On the north wall, which overlooks the yard, there is another 19th-century gable dormer and a canted bay window at ground floor level, featuring a brick base and similar iron casements with leaded lights and original fastenings. The cross-wing at the east end is two storeys high, with box framing of small panels exposed in the north gable. It has two bays, with a 19th-century casement window on the first floor and a segmental arch leading to a three-light ground floor casement. Some brickwork at the north end has been disturbed.

Inside, there are back-to-back inglenook hearths, one of which has an 18th or early 19th-century mantel. The staircase is a later 17th-century closed string dog-leg type with a landing, featuring turned balusters and a toads-back rail. The main beam is stop-chamfered. Both the main range and the cross-wing have through-purlin roofs, with studwork visible in the gable ends and main trusses. The heads of the gable ends include inclined struts, and the central truss has a raised tie to facilitate easier movement on the first floor. One bedroom contains a Victorian cast-iron grate, and the cross-wing features a first-floor cheese room with a plaster floor.