Hill House

ST 76 NE SWAINSWICK UPPER SWAINSWICK

5/237 Hill House

1.2.56 II

G.V.

Detached house C16 - C17, altered c. 1720's-30's and early C19. Rubble with freestone dressings and quoins; slate roof with coped raised verges and ashlar stacks. 2 storeys with a cellar to the right and attics in hipped dormers. The central part of the house has a paired glazing bar sash window in a moulded architrave and under a plain frieze and cornice at the left and at the right are 2 similar but blocked and single windows flanking a French window which is in a moulded architrave and under a flat stone hood on brackets. At the left are French quoins and beyond is a 2 storey, single bay wing with a hipped roof and a 3-light casement window in ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds. At the right is a single bay section with a steep gable: early C19 sash windows and remains of casement in ovolo moulded surrounds to the basement. The east elevation has 2 storeys and an attic in a steep gable: early C19 glazing bar sash windows on the ground floor and casements in ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds above; to the right is a 2 storey bow window with early - mid C18, thick glazing bar, sash windows in moulded architraves and a moulded cornice. Interior. The ground floor centre room contains a fireplace in a moulded architrave and with a pulvinated frieze; coved cornice. The right room has a further fireplace in a moulded surround and the left room retains a C17 fireplace in an ogee and hollow moulded surround with a 4-centred head. Rear winder stair with early - mid C18 panelled dado. The first floor, right bedroom, also retains a C17 ashlar fireplace in an ogee and ovolo moulded surround with a 4-centred head and a mantelshelf. The centre and left rooms have moulded cornices and the left room has panelled doors and a fireplace in a moulded architrave and with a pulvinated frieze. In the C17 the house was the binthplace and home of the Puritan preacher, William Prynne - he was responsible for the condemnation of Archbishop Laud.

Listing NGR: ST7581468444