Atherstone Hill Farmhouse

Atherstone Hill Farmhouse is a farmhouse built between 1700 and 1740 for Dr. William Thomas, who lived from 1680 to 1738. The building underwent alterations and additions in the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of brick laid in Flemish bond with vitrified headers and features a renewed tile roof with brick end stacks. The farmhouse is designed in an L-plan.

The exterior has two storeys, with the main facade facing the rear. It includes a plain plinth, a plat band, and a modillioned timber cornice at the top. The corners are accented with rusticated brick quoins. The entrance features an overlight above a half-glazed door. The windows have rubbed brick flat arches and pegged wooden cross-casements with small-paned metal glazing, although some window heads on the ground floor have been rebuilt. The returns of the building have blocked narrow window openings on the first floor and small attic lights.

The rear of the farmhouse has a modillioned brick cornice and windows with cross-casements, with some rebuilding evident to the right of the wing. This wing has similar windows and one smaller segmental-headed window with a two-light small-paned casement in the rebuilt section of the wall. The gable of the wing features two cross-casements on each floor. The outer return of the wing has a modillioned wooden cornice and an entrance with a heavy pegged frame and a small-paned overlight above a plank door, along with a narrow transomed window above it. There is a 19th-century lean-to outshut to the right, which includes a return entrance with a 20th-century door and a segmental-headed window with a horizontally sliding sash and rear casements. Additionally, there are two gabled dormers, likely from the 19th century, with small-paned casements.

Inside, the farmhouse features a dog-leg staircase with square newels, turned balusters, and a moulded handrail, along with flag floors. The attic has plastered walls and angled ceilings, with some visible roof structure consisting of paired rafters with a bridle joint and no ridge piece.

Dr. Thomas is recognized for continuing and editing Dugdale's Antiquities. The house was purchased by James West in 1751 and has remained in his family since then.