Hillhouse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
Hillhouse Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- dusk-stone-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Hillhouse Farmhouse, Bucklebury, RG7 6SY
- OS grid reference
- SU 539 704
- Coordinates
- 51.43075, -1.22472
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hillhouse Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around 1600, with some refacing from the 19th century and a large 19th-century wing added to the south. The building is constructed of brick and timber framing with brick nogging, and features some later brick refacing. It has an old tile roof that is hipped over the projecting wing on the left, with an off-centre stack to the left and another stack to the right, along with a 20th-century dormer featuring casements. The farmhouse is arranged in an L-plan, consisting of three framed bays that are one storey and an attic, with the large two-storey wing projecting to the left.
On the east front, there is a brick-faced bay on the right, a 2-light 19th-century casement in the centre bay, and a 5-light 19th-century casement in the left-hand bay. The projecting wing has a right-hand return wall that includes one first-floor 3-light segmental-headed casement and two ground-floor 3-light segmental-headed casements to the left. To the right, there is a 5-panelled door with a rectangular overlight beneath a segmental head and a 20th-century porch. Inside, the frame includes one pair of cruck blades.
Local climate
Hillhouse Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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