Hilltown Farmhouse

Hilltown Farmhouse is an early 17th-century farmhouse with a later 17th-century addition to the right, a 19th-century addition to the left, and 20th-century alterations. The farmhouse is constructed of mixed slatestone rubble with slate roofs, featuring a bridge ridge, gable stacks, a ridge stack at the former gable end, and a front lateral stack to the left of the 19th-century addition. The 19th-century addition is rendered, lined out, and has an asbestos slate roof.

The original layout is uncertain, but it appears to have been a two-room plan with a porch and stair tower to the front. The upper room to the right of the porch has a fireplace connected to the ridge stack which may have originally backed onto a passage, although the layout has since been altered; the stair tower is positioned to the front of this room. A mid-19th-century extension was added to the left, and an early 19th-century single-storey wash-house/brewhouse, with heating, was built to the rear. A mid-19th-century addition to the left extends as a wing to the rear, creating an overall L-shaped plan.

The front elevation features a ground floor metal-framed multi-pane casement to the left of the porch, with a setback wall above, which may have originally been a single-story section. There is a first-floor six-pane sash window above the casement. The porch has a pitched roof and a panelled inner door within a moulded frame. The stair tower to the right has a pitched roof and a single-pane upper light with a slate cill and dripmould, with a splayed wall to its right. The later addition to the right incorporates two 2-pane lights at ground floor and a 2-light 6-pane casement above.

The left return side shows a ground floor plate glass sash window and 4-pane sashes at ground and first floor to the left, along with narrow plate glass sashes at ground and first floor to the right, all with segmental brick heads. The rear of the farmhouse has a blank gable end of the rear wing to the right, and the main range includes a ground floor 3-light granite casement with recessed surrounds and hollow-moulded mullions, featuring 3-pane lights. There are two 2-light casements of 6 panes with timber lintels at the first floor. The early 19th-century wash-house/brewhouse features a stable door to the side and 2-light 2-pane casements with cambered brick heads to either side of the rear stack, along with a small single light to the right side. A similar 3-light granite casement with iron stanchions is positioned at ground floor to the right, and a 6-pane sash with a granite cill sits under the eaves. A two-story block in the angle to the rear wing has a small 4-pane light at ground floor and a 6-pane sash under the eaves. A barn attached at the end to the left has a door and a 2-pane light with a granite lintel.

The interior stair tower contains a newel stair, with a large circular timber newel. The porch is integrated with the stair tower. The room to the right features a granite fireplace with a flat chamfered lintel, a large jamb to the right, and a cloam oven. The rest of the building's interior is not accessible.