Hillcrest House

Hillcrest House is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, with a rear wing likely dating from the 17th century and raised in the early 19th century. The main range is from the mid-18th century, with an early 19th-century addition to the left. The building is constructed of ironstone ashlar featuring a splayed plinth, string course, and moulded cornice. The old tile roof has coped gable parapets with kneelers, and there are stone stacks at the left end and brick stacks at the right end. The addition is rendered with a string course and has a slate roof with a brick end stack. The rear wing is made of coursed ironstone rubble with colourwashed rendered brick above, topped with a 20th-century tile roof.

The house is L-shaped, with the wing at the rear on the left side. It has two storeys and an attic, with a five-window main range facing the garden. A 19th-century rendered open-fronted porch features a simple Tudor arch and a gable parapet with large kneelers. The main entrance has a double-leaf, four-panelled door with an overlight that includes glazing bars. The cross windows have a horizontal glazing bar and stone flat arches with keystones that merge into the string course. To the right, there is an early 19th-century canted bay window with sashes. The second and fourth bays have two-light hipped roof dormers. The two-storey, one-window addition has a six-pane sash. At the rear, the main range displays a brick dog-tooth cornice, with a late 20th-century lean-to in the angle. The two-window wing has an old two-light casement with a painted wood lintel and late 20th-century casements above.

Inside, there is a dog-leg staircase with a scrolled open string, column-on-vase balusters, and a moulded handrail. The room to the left features a panelled dado, a large open fireplace with a stepped stop-chamfered beam, and a cupboard inside, along with panelled shutters and an old two-panelled former exterior door with strap hinges. The room to the right has 17th-century style panelling that was imported from elsewhere. The kitchen includes a large open fireplace with a bread oven, a stepped stop-chamfered bressumer, and a large ceiling beam.