Hillands

RUSS HILL 1. 5387 (west side) Hillands TQ 24 SW 1/49 II 2. Late C15. Three bay open hall-house with parlour wing of 2 bays. Two storeys timber-framed with square framing. Painted brick infilling, the south front refaced with painted brick. Hipped tiled roof with gablets and off central C17 chimneystack. Four casements windows, cross-shaped iron ties. Crown post over the centre of the solar. Framing for a smoke vent remains in the smoke blackened rafters over the open hall. There is evidence of a smoke bay before the chimney was inserted. Evidence of a spere truss remains. Grain was said to have been stored in the upstairs rooms and the farmer guarded it by sleeping on a flat door over the stairs. (See Domestic Buildings Research Group Report No 68. Joan M Harding "Four Centuries of Charlwood Houses" 9 52).

Listing NGR: TQ2271440051