Hill House, Railings Piers and Gate to Front is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1956. House. 1 related planning application.

Hill House, Railings Piers and Gate to Front

WRENN ID
twisted-hammer-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1956
Type
House
Address
Hill House, Railings Piers and Gate to Front, the Hill, Freshford, BA2 7WG
OS grid reference
ST 790 600
Coordinates
51.33931, -2.30161
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hill House, formerly listed as The Cottage, is a house that was remodeled in the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of rubble, partly rendered, and features a double Roman tiled roof with coped raised verges, an ashlar parapet, and a moulded cornice. The building has two storeys and attics with modern dormers, and it is three bays wide. The windows are glazing bar sash types set in plain architraves, with the central window on the first floor having a semi-circular head, keystone, imposts, and decorative glazing. The entrance features a panelled door in an architrave beneath a pediment supported by consoles, with a lintel that includes a keystone. In front, fine cast iron railings enclose the garden, complemented by ashlar piers on either side and a central decorative gate.

Local climate

Hill House, Railings Piers and Gate to Front receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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