Hilltop Farmhouse

Hilltop Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around 1700, featuring full cruck construction. It was recased and extended in the mid-18th century, with a rear wing added in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of random rubble that is rendered throughout, with stone dressings and tiled roofs. It has a four-unit plan, which was probably originally a three-unit layout, and is two storeys high.

The exterior includes an old range with dressed stone end stacks. The front has one first-floor window and three ground-floor windows, all with stone surrounds and casements. The right side of the building is plain with several projecting 'throughs', while the left side has a window on each floor, also in plain stone surrounds. The rear wing features quoined corners and similar dressings to its window surrounds.

Inside, the farmhouse is understood to contain three full crucks with saddles and spurs, and halved joints. There is a corbelled stone fireplace in the left (principal) room, and another plain fireplace from the mid-18th century in the right-hand room. The principal axial ceiling beam is chamfered with hollow step stops, and there is Victorian joinery present in other areas. At the time of inspection in May 1990, the farmhouse was unoccupied.