Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1961. Farmhouse.

Hill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
tilted-grate-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 June 1961
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Hill Farmhouse, Ditcheat
OS grid reference
ST 605 363
Coordinates
51.12532, -2.56477
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hill Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates back to the medieval period, with additions and alterations from the 17th century and further work in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble and features double and triple-Roman tile roofs with coped verges and four brick stacks. The building is an open-hall house that has been later floored.

It has a single storey and attic, with a layout of 1:1:1:3 bays. The right three bays contain 2, 3, and 4-light moulded stone-mullioned windows on the ground floor, which have king mullions and labels. The first floor features windows in gabled half-dormers with copings, two of which have bases for finials. The center gable is dated "1671," while the side gables are marked "T.L." and "L.W.M." The adjacent bay to the left has 2 and 3-light stone-mullioned windows, and next to that is a very large moulded 4-light mullioned and transomed window that once illuminated the former hall, set in a shallow projection with a pent roof. The bay at the extreme left is a 19th-century addition with casements.

There are two door openings: a plank door to the left and a plank door at the center of the right three bays, which is sheltered by a gabled wooden porch. Inside, there is a very large open fireplace on the ground floor, although it is now blocked.

Local climate

Hill Farmhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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