Hill House, Including Cross Base Immediately South

Hill House, which includes a cross base immediately to the south, is a house that was formerly a village farmhouse. It dates from the 17th century or possibly earlier, was remodeled in the early 19th century, and underwent restoration around 1970. The building is constructed of cob that has been refaced in stone rubble and is now whitewashed. It has a concrete tile roof with gabled and hipped ends. The layout consists of three rooms and a cross-passage plan. There is a stack at the left-hand lower gable end and a large lateral stack at the center rear, flanked by two stair turrets. The house has two storeys and features a four-window range. The windows are early 19th-century casements with glazing bars; the ground floor has three-light windows, while the first floor has two-light windows, all with slate cills and the ground floor windows featuring flat stone arches. To the left of the center, there is a cross-passage doorway with a 20th-century glazed door, and a right-hand plank door to the inner room is a later addition.

Inside, much of the roof has been replaced, but the principals at the lower end are visible in the first-floor room. There are two stone newel stairs at the rear. The screen at the lower side of the passage is missing, and if the other screen survives, it is covered by a later partition. The presence of the two rear stair turrets suggests that the original house had an open hall, indicating it may have origins from the early 16th century or earlier. The property also includes a socket stone of a large medieval cross in the garden, which is not located at its original site. This cross dates from the late 14th to 15th century and is made of granite, featuring a square base that transitions to an octagonal shape, with large cushion-stops that are slightly keeled.