Hillylees Farmhouse

HEATON C.P. - SJ 9652 5/58 Hillylees Farmhouse - 1.2.67 GV II

Farmhouse. C17 with late C19 alterations and additions. Coursed stone; blue machine tile roof; verge parapets with moulded copings to left- hand end, and shaped kneelers; 2 corniced ridge stacks to right, and stack in valley to left. 'T'-shaped plan of 2 parallel ranges to head and attached wing, extended to west, forming stem of 'T'. Front: of 5 windows and 2 storeys in 2 parts; projecting 2 gables to left; the outer one agricultural and slightly smaller, has on first floor a 2-light chamfer mullion window; below is a coach entry under a sharply cranked lintel to left of centre and a further door to right below valley; window between; larger gable to right has C19 five-light, chamfer mullion, lattice casement to first floor and mid-C19 hipped bay window to ground floor. Pent-porch set in return angle to set-back right-hand range of 3 windows; C19 casements except for 4-light, chamfer mullion window against porch and C17 reveal to single light adjacent to right. Stone steps to first floor of east side. The house has retained a byre and barn attached parallel to the parlour cross wing and adjoined by a hall range extended in the C19.

Listing NGR: SJ9725864349