Hill House

Hill House is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations and extensions made in the early and late 19th century, along with further changes in the mid-20th century. The building features part timber framing with rendered infill, part brick, and is stuccoed at the south-west end. It has slate and plain tile roofs, with a brick chimney on the left side elevation and ridges on the right and rear left.

The layout follows a hall and cross-wing type plan, with the hall oriented on a north-east/south-west axis, a through-passage, and a cross-wing at the south-west gable end. There is also a late 19th-century service wing at the north-east end. The house is two storeys high, with an attic and a cellar beneath the cross-wing, and features a dentilled eaves cornice. The framing is not exposed on the exterior.

The front elevation has a roof that was raised in the early 19th century to create a shallow pitch and overhanging eaves, covered with slate. The fenestration is regular, featuring a 16-pane sash window with a moulded architrave to the right on the ground floor, two similar windows on the first floor, and a central first-floor window that is a glazing bar sash. Beneath the left side window are multi-paned double doors, and the central doorway has a pediment on brackets, a moulded architrave, and a part-glazed door. The left cross-wing gable end has late 20th-century multi-paned double doors on the ground floor and a 16-pane sash window above. The right service wing gable end also has late 20th-century multi-paned double doors on the ground floor and a glazing bar sash above. An attic light is present at the rear of the main cross-wing, and the main entrance has been relocated to the rear of the main part in a mid-20th-century lean-to extension.

Inside, the timber framing is exposed in the attic of the main cross-wing, featuring square panels and queen strut end and intermediate trusses. The main part originally had three pairs of upper crucks, with the cruck spurs replaced by wrought iron straps; the front blade of the upper cruck at the south-west end appears to have been removed. The front room of the main cross-wing has a cross-beamed ceiling, and the main beams are stop-chamfered. Hill House was originally part of the Hindlip Estate.