Hilltown Farmhouse

Hilltown Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 17th century, with a rear section built in the late 18th to early 19th century and later alterations. The building is constructed of stone rubble, with some areas slate-hung, and features an asbestos slate roof with ridge tiles. It has a two-span roof over its two ranges, with gable ends and stacks at each range.

The layout consists of a front range with a two-room plan and a cross passage. A staircase was added in the passage, probably in the 18th or early 19th century. The late 18th-century rear range also follows a two-room plan, with a heated room on the left side and an unheated dairy on the right. Attached to the left side of the farmhouse is a range of outhouses that form an L-shape.

The exterior is two storeys high and features a nearly symmetrical three-window front, with all windows being 20th-century two-light casements, three of which are on the first floor. The front is slate-hung over the central bay and to the right. There is an off-centre porch on the right with a hipped roof and a stone bench on the left side, leading to an inner half-glazed door. The single-storey range of outhouses attached to the left includes a privy next to the house, creating a garden area in front. This range has a slurried slate roof with ridge tiles and a gable end, and features one door on the garden side. The left side has a buttress with a drain that channels water through the rear of the privy. The outhouse has five doors on the outer side, one of which is blocked.

The rear range includes a projecting oven and has two-light casements at both the ground and first floors, with granite lintels. The right side is rendered and has a 20th-century light in the rear range, along with a single-storey lean-to. At the rear, there is a lean-to on the left and a door, with a 20th-century window at the ground floor left. The porch has a door and a nine-pane light at the ground floor to the left, with a 20th-century two-light window above the porch.

Inside, the front left room features a fireplace with a cambered chamfered timber lintel and granite rubble jambs, along with an oven to the rear right and a slate floor. A straight stair has been inserted in the passage, with no evidence of a former rear door. The front right room also has a fireplace with a flat chamfered timber lintel and rubble jambs. The rear right room, originally the dairy, has a slate floor, while the fireplace in the rear left room has been rebuilt.