Hill House

TL 40 NE NORTH WEALD BASSETT LONDON ROAD 4/5 Hill House

GV II

House, C18, converted to cottages in C19 and later combined, altered in C20. Mainly timber framed and plastered, part brickwork, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Aligned approx. E-W, with 2 storey elevation of plastered timber framing and short roof pitch to N, single storey elevation of painted brickwork and catslide roof to S. 2 internal chimney stacks in catslide. Single storey extension to E, C20, linking with C18/19 coach-house/stable block aligned approx. N-S to form an L plan. This last roofed with C19 red clay pantiles. S elevation, 2 C20 doors, one half-glazed, other under a tiled bracketed hood. Two C19/20 casement windows, one early C19 double-hung sash Window of 9 lights. 2 early C20 casement windows in gabled dormers. Originally the entrance elevation was to the N, but this is now a garden elevation and the approach is from the S. Some framing exposed internally, mainly on the ground floor. Transverse beams plain chamfered with simple concave stops.

Listing NGR: TL4740808196