Building record 2185/1/1 - Tower Hill Farm

<1> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1138930 (Web Site). SCH6528.

Farmhouse: mid seventeenth century with nineteenth century alterations. Washed, coursed squared buff sandstone rubble. Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and two stone chimneys. Two and a half storey, three-bay front. End bays have three-light wooden casements under rough stone lintels. Central bay has door behind wooden porch with a two-light and a single light above. To sides and rear are rubble hood moulds.

Interior: Major partitions are stone rubble but party walls are timber framed with stone flags as infill. Most doors are seventeenth century, five-panelled with reeded rails. Dogleg staircase, with simple handrail, square newels and no balusters. Some wide boarding used as panelling and original roof structure.

Attached farm buildings: partly seventeenth century and a shippon dated 1743. Materials as farmhouse. Z-shaped plan of former cottage now garage and two shippons. Rectangular openings have wooden or rough stone lintels.