Hill Farmhouse

Hill Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse, recorded as empty in November 1985. It’s built of squared and coursed limestone with stone slate roofs, some with coped gables. The house has an L-shaped plan, likely representing two phases of construction, and is set against a sloping ground. It features two storeys and an attic. A late 19th-century ashlar porch extension, with a 20th-century glazed door under a gable featuring a cross saddle, now serves as the main entrance. Behind this is a large gable with flanking ashlar stacks, and it contains two 2-light chamfered mullion casements with hood moulds. A set-back gable has a 2 and 3-light recessed chamfered mullion casement under extended hood moulds. To the extreme right is an outshut with a swept-down Welsh slate roof. A return gable has large ashlar blocks, with a blocked attic light over two single recessed chamfered lights, all with stopped hoods, above a 2-light casement with iron stanchion bars. Another wing, set well back, has two 4-light casements with a king mullion and recessed chamfered mullions above a plinth, with an opening to a basement. At right angles to this is a front with a cross gable containing three 2-light casements under hood moulds, and a small light at ground floor level to the left. The return gable to the right has 2-light casements at attic and first floor levels, above a 20th-century door, with evidence of an earlier lean-to. The rear elevation has a large external stepped stack with a blocked oval light, and a later second stack incorporating some brick. Inside, the east wing has deep chamfered and stopped beam. A stone spiral stair remains in the south wing and a deep bressummer fire is visible. The interior was not entirely accessible at the time of survey. The building forms part of an important group of early farms in the parish.