Hill House

Hill House is an early 18th-century house with an earlier 17th-century gable visible to the side. It features a very fine 18th-century façade. The house is rough-rendered, with seven windows. The central three windows project slightly under a parapet, topped with two stone finials and a moulded band in place of a cornice. Window frames are of moulded stone with moulded cills. A central door is set within a similar frame, featuring a pulvinated frieze and a modillion cornice. The ground floor windows, except for the right wing, were converted in the late 18th century into three large Venetian-style windows with Ionic mullions. A one-story addition was built later to the left. A rear wing is situated in a courtyard and dates to the early 18th century. New dormers have been added. At the rear, there are three windows with plain stone surrounds, and one blocked window. There are two doors, each set within moulded stone surrounds and featuring a triple keystone. The house is notable as the former home of Frances L'Anson, the "Lass of Richmond Hill," for whom a song was composed. Hill House forms a group with Oglethorpe House (No. 97, Clyde House), its gates, gate piers, and the surrounding wall.