The Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Hill
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-chimney-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Hill, Staples Hill, Freshford, BA2 7WJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 790 596
- Coordinates
- 51.3353, -2.30211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, dating from the early 19th century and altered in the mid- to late 19th century. It is constructed of ashlar, with hipped slate roofs hidden behind a parapet, and a moulded cornice. The house has three storeys and a basement in the central section, and two storeys and a basement in the slightly recessed wings. There are a total of five bays, arranged as 1-3-1. The mid- to late 19th-century windows are large-pane sash windows in plain surrounds.
The front elevation features a projecting three-storey porch tower in the centre, which incorporates a Tuscan column porch on the ground floor and a bracketed oriel window on the first floor, with a canopy above. A panelled door sits beneath a decorative overlight, and a band runs above the ground floor.
On the garden side, there is a projecting, single-storey and basement extension with a balustraded parapet. The outer four bays are rusticated, and there is a central setback loggia with four antae and decorated capitals. Balustrated double staircases lead to the loggia, and a balustrade continues along the front of the loggia.
Local climate
The Hill 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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