The Hill, 82 Newtownards Road, Kilnatierny, Greyabbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2QJ

The Hill is a single storey gabled farmhouse of early 19th century construction, situated on a slight rise at the side of a lane just off the Newtownards Road, approximately one mile north-west of Greyabbey, County Down.

The original house was built between 1807 and circa 1834, as evidenced by its absence from the Londonderry Papers map of Kilnatierny dated 1807 but its presence on the Ordnance Survey map of 1834. The property has undergone significant expansion with substantial later additions to the south and rear.

The original north-west section is finished in lined render with chamfered quoins. The rear extension employs rough cast render, whilst the extension to the east gable is finished in plain render. The large gabled section to the rear of this extension is rendered in rough cast. The roof of the original house is pitched with Bangor blue slates, two rendered chimney stacks, a modern flat roofed dormer and Velux window to the rear. The large store section to the rear has a similar pitched roof with one rendered chimney stack and one Velux window. Cast iron and PVC rainwater goods are present, in a mixture.

The front north elevation of the original section features a left of centre gabled and glazed Edwardian-style porch with a timber panelled door to the east side and glazing with margins to all other sides. To the right are two sash windows with Georgian panes (8 over 8), with a similar window to the left of the porch. All three windows are encased with plain pilasters, lintel frieze and cornice. The west gable displays a similar but slightly smaller sash window with 'in and out' surround, and a small fixed single pane attic window with similar surround, positioned high in the gable. The east gable has a comparable arrangement with slightly larger windows and a sash attic window.

Attached to the far right of the east gable is a small extension with monopitch roof and three small modern two pane windows to the north and one to the east. This extension is attached to a large gabled single storey section, comparable in size to the original house. The western half of this section contains a sash window to the north and a small Velux window to the roof and appears to be part of the house proper. The eastern half appears to be a store, and the entire section may originally have functioned as a store building. To the rear of the main house is a full length flat roof extension with three modern windows and a timber sheeted rear door.

The window surrounds on the original house, and possibly the porch, may date to the late Victorian or Edwardian period. The property remains in residential use as a private dwelling.