Alveston Hill Farmhouse

Alveston Hill Farmhouse was built in the late 18th century, after the enclosure of 1772 and before a deed of 1796. It is constructed of brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with buff headers and ashlar dressings, and has a hipped tile roof with brick stacks to the returns. The house is arranged in a U-plan, with wings to the rear. The architectural style is Georgian.

The main block is three storeys high and features a symmetrical three-window front. The central section projects forward and is topped with a pediment. The facade features platt bands over the ground and first floors. A modillioned brick cornice runs along the top, and there are pilaster strips at the ends. The rounded entrance is flanked by key stones, has a doorcase with pilaster strips and a consoled open pediment, and a fanlight with margin lights over a six-panel door (four fielded, two flush). The ground and first floor windows have sills and rubbed brick flat arches with keys over 12-pane sashes. The second floor windows have sills and 8-pane sashes.

The returns have platt bands. The rear wings have lean-to outshuts flanking a 20th-century lean-to infill in front of the gable containing the stair projection. An outshut to the right has an entrance at its right end, and two small windows. The rear wings feature segmental-headed windows, some with 3-light small-paned glazing and iron opening casements, and one with leaded glazing. The left return also has segmental-headed windows: one is a 3-light transomed casement and another a tall 2-light casement with a cross-casement above.

Inside, the former rear entrance has a plank door, and the dogleg staircase has column-on-vase balusters, with the vase elements against solid panels. The house is a good example of an enclosure farmstead from the late 18th century.