Hill The Old House At The Hill

The Old House at the Hill is a small cruck-framed farmhouse, now functioning as a house, likely dating from the 16th century. The walls have been partly rebuilt recently, and the building has been restored and extended. It features roughly-coursed mixed rubble and a steeply-pitched slate roof, with a three-bay plan oriented on an east-west axis.

The exterior is now 1.5 storeys high. The south front has a doorway towards the right-hand end, a rectangular window to the right, and three windows to the left, with the central window featuring a plain stone mullion. The roof is very steeply pitched on this side, and there is a gable chimney to the left. Two small attic windows are located in the left gable. A recent single-storey extension is attached at this end. The rear of the house is two-storeyed, with a stone slate band and a recent gabled porch at the right-hand end. Above the porch is a very small square breather opening, and there is a stair-window in the centre that interrupts the slate band, along with one small square window at ground floor to the left and two small inserted windows at first floor.

Inside, there are two full cruck trusses made of large scantling. The truss at the west (upper) end has a tie-beam with arched undercutting for a former doorway at its north end, while the other truss is now lacking a tie-beam. Both trusses have collars and vacant housings and mortices for former purlins with down-braces. Between the two trusses is a stop-chamfered lateral beam with run-out stops at both ends. The west gable wall features a good mid-18th century stone fireplace with a corbelled lintel and a moulded cornice.