Oriel House

Oriel House is a semi-detached house located on Hill Street in Hilperton. It was built in the early 18th century and 1844, with alterations made in the early 20th century. The house features limestone ashlar construction and a Welsh slate roof with coped verges and ashlar stacks. It has two storeys with an attic and consists of three bays, along with a two-storey 18th-century wing at the rear right, part of which now belongs to No 73.

The central porch is gabled and three storeys high, featuring a two-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement window on the ground and first floors, and a one-light casement in the attic. All windows have hoodmoulds and cast-iron hexagonal glazing bars, and the gable displays a datestone with relief lettering reading "1844/C&C." To the right of the porch is a Tudor-arched board door with a hoodmould.

The outer bays have three-light mullioned casement windows, with the left ground floor window replaced by an early 20th-century bay window. The right ground floor window has glazing bars similar to those in the porch, while the other windows are early 20th-century small-paned iron casements. Each gable end of the main range features a canted bay window on the ground floor, a two-light mullioned casement on the first floor, and a one-light window in the attic. The right return shows the principal facade of the wing, which has two three-light ovolo-moulded mullion casements on each floor, with a later one-light window added between them on the ground floor. A later outshut has been added to the rear of the wing, with roofing that sweeps up to cover a stone believed to be dated 1727.

Inside, the 18th-century wing includes an inglenook fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and a timber bressumer, as well as a large chamfered spine beam. The 19th-century range features contemporary doors, decorative fireplaces, light roses, and a cantilevered stone stair with decorative iron balusters. From 1909 to 1933, Oriel House was occupied by Sir Edward Wallington, who served as treasurer to Queen Mary.