Hillfield Farmhouse

Hillfield Farmhouse is a circa 1840 farmhouse, with a later 19th-century addition. It is constructed of local slate rubble, with slate hanging above the first floor level. The roof is slate, with gabled ends, overhanging verges, and moulded cast-iron gutters. Rendered gable end stacks have clay pots. The original design featured a double-depth plan, comprising two main rooms at the front and a central entrance passage leading to a dog-leg staircase at the rear, with the back rooms likely serving as service areas. A wing set back at an obtuse angle to the left is probably a later 19th-century addition, incorporating a loft now part of the house's living accommodation. There is also a single-storey and attic outshut on the right, behind which sits a 19th-century farm building converted in the 20th century into a pair of cottages. The west front is symmetrical with three windows, and the first-floor windows are set behind the central ones. The window openings have 2-centred arch heads and contain 19th-century casements with glazing bars, and Gothic glazing bars in the window heads. The ground-floor openings have dressed stone arches, and the first-floor windows have slate sills. The central doorway, with similar stonework, has a blind fanlight and a 19th-century flush panel door with a glazed top panel, and a later 19th- or early 20th-century brick porch with a hipped slate roof. Similar smaller Gothic casement attic windows are in the gable ends. A one-storey and attic outshut is set back on the right-hand end, with a lean-to slate roof. A low two-storey wing extends to the rear on the left-hand end, with a hip slate roof and a loft doorway accessible by an external stone staircase. The rear elevation of the main range has Gothic pointed sash windows and a large stair sash with a pointed arch head. The back doorway to the left also features a pointed arch and fanlight. The interior was not inspected, but a dog-leg staircase with thick balusters was observed.