Hill House is a Grade II* listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. A C18 House. 4 related planning applications.
Hill House
- WRENN ID
- sharp-arch-dale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hill House, Appleshaw, SP11 9BS
- OS grid reference
- SU 303 486
- Coordinates
- 51.23607, -1.56643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hill House is an early 18th-century house with an early 19th-century wing, constructed of brick and tile. It is a Queen Anne house with a symmetrical east front of two storeys and an attic, featuring a 1-3-1 window arrangement. The roof is hipped and has a stone moulded and coved eaves cornice, with a pediment above the slightly projecting centrepiece. The red brickwork is laid in Flemish bond, with a stone first-floor band and plinth. The window openings have rubbed cambered arches with keystones, and the pediment contains an oval window with a plain architrave and keystone. Sashes are set within reveals. The doorcase has a cornice, a decorated frieze, fluted pilasters with panelled reveals, and an architrave enclosing a fanlight with leaded decoration, surrounding a six-panelled door.
The south elevation is symmetrical, with three windows (two of which are blank) and a plain door. It links to a wing extending southwards, built in the early 19th century. This wing is of two storeys, with three windows, a hipped roof, flint walls with brick quoins, head and sill bands, and large diamonds in the panels, set within rubbed flat arches. Casements are present. The north elevation is of red brickwork in Flemish bond, with blue headers, a first-floor band, and plinth. It has two casements, the larger of which has old leaded lights.
Inside, a north-side room retains 18th-century panelling. There are panelled doors in architraves, and a staircase dating from the 18th century.
Local climate
Hill House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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