Hilltop Farmhouse

Hilltop Farmhouse is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the late 16th century with alterations made in the mid-19th century and restoration in the late 20th century. It features a timber-framed structure with brick infill, a brick plinth, and replacement walling, all topped with plain tiled roofs. The layout consists of a hall and a cross-wing; the hall is made up of three framed bays aligned north-east to south-west, with a central chimney bay that has a brick ridge stack. The cross-wing at the south-west gable end also contains three framed bays and features a large external chimney on the south-west side, along with three square brick stacks that have a joint cap and cogged course at the base. There are two single-bay additions on the north-east elevation that connect to the upper hall bay; the south-east addition has a catslide roof, while the north-west addition has a separate gabled roof. The building is partly single storey with an attic and partly two storeys with an attic and cellar.

The framing consists of three and four panels from the sill to the wall-plate in the hall section, while the cross-wing appears to have had its roof raised, featuring five panels from the sill to the original wall-plate and an additional row above. Large swept braces are present in the upper and lower corners, and collar and tie-beam trusses with four struts to the collar and a V-strut in the apex are found throughout.

On the north-west elevation, the hall section has a three-light ground floor casement window and a 20th-century glazed lean-to porch with a ledged and battened door next to the gabled wing addition. This addition has a four-light ground floor casement and an attic light. The cross-wing gable end features a ledged and battened cellar door, a four-light cellar window, a ground floor 19th-century oriel window on shaped brackets, a three-light first floor casement, and an attic light. The main entrance is located on the south-west elevation of the cross-wing, to the right of the external chimney, and includes a lean-to timber porch and a half-glazed door with a moulded architrave.

The interior has not been inspected but is noted to have stop-chamfered main beams.