Hill House

SO 86 SE MARTIN HUSSINGTREE CP DRURY LANE (south side)

4/16 Hill House

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• II

Farmhouse, now house. C17, or earlier, altered and extended early and late C19 with further mid-C20 alterations. Part timber-framed, rendered infill, part brick, stuccoed at south-west end, slate and plain tile roofs, brick chimney at left side elevation, right main ridge, and rear left main ridge. Hall and cross-wing type plan; hall on north-east/south-west axis with through-passage and cross-wing at south-west gable end. Also late C19 service wing at north-east end. Two storeys, attic and cellar beneath cross-wing; dentilled eaves cornice. Framing not exposed externally. Front elevation: roof of main part raised to front in early C19 to provide shallow pitch and overhanging eaves and roofed with slate, regular fenestration; 16-pane sash with moulded architrave to right of ground floor, 2 similar windows on. first floor, the central first floor window is a glazing bar sash; beneath the left side window are multi-paned double doors; central doorway has a pediment on brackets, moulded architrave and part-glazed door. Left cross-wing gable end has ground floor late C20 multi-paned double doors and a first floor 16-pane sash. The right service wing gable end has ground floor late C20 multi-paned double doors and a first floor glazing bar sash. There is an attic light to the rear of the main cross-wing. Main entrance now at rear of main part in mid-C20 lean-to extension. Interior: timber-framing exposed in attic of main cross-wing; square panels and queen strut end and intermediate trusses. Main part had 3 pairs of upper crucks, the cruck spurs replaced by wrought iron straps; the front blade of the south-west end upper cruck appears to have been removed. The front room of the main cross-wing has a cross-beamed ceiling. Main beams are stop chamfered. Originally formed part of the Hindlip Estate.

Listing NGR: SO8827860239