Hill Farmhouse

SP 94 SW CHICHELEY NORTH CRAWLEY ROAD (Newport Pagnell)

6/29 Hill Farmhouse

17.11.66

II

House. Early C18, possibly by Francis Smith. Chequer brick with stone dressings, hipped tiled roof with concealed valley and central brick chimney with offset and moulded head, moulded box cornice with stone bedmould. 2 storeys and attic, stone plinth and 1st floor band. S. front of 5 bays, narrow window openings with flat gauged brick arches and carved beyblocks, modern sashes 3 panes wide, central bay of stone with 6-panelled door in architrave surround with keyblock small cornice and open scroll pediment. Above the door the Window is in a carved stone surround with dolphins at the head and side scrolls nesting on the capping mould of the plain stone apron. (Stone carving by one William Oldfield, who also did the carving on the chancel of Chicheley Church) Flank elevations of 3 bays, some windows blocked, N. elevation irregular with large central arched staircase window. Interior: has the original staircase, rising the whole height of the house, with turned balusters and moulded handrail. Some original panelled doors. Otherwise altered. One house is said to have been a Dower House to Chicheley Hall.

Listing NGR: SP9013644350