Hillcrest House (EHER 38419)

A late 18th or early 19th century timber framed and rendered house, now offices. The building is two storeys with an attic, a cellar and a rooftop belvedere.

October 1951. Grade II listed. A late 18th or early 19th century timber framed and rendered house, now offices. The building is two storeys with an attic, a cellar and a rooftop belvedere. The belvedere has a slate-covered roof and is part-glazed, part-weatherboarded. There is also a two-storey rear wing, and a parallel, two-storey 19th century brick outbuilding. The ground floor has a central pedimented doorcase with pulvinated frieze, fluted Doric pilasters and four steps with 20th century wrought-iron handrails. Either side are flat-roofed bow windows. Internally, the entrance hall has the original door architraves, and a dogleg staircase with column-on-vase balusters between the first and attic storey. There is 17th/18th century panelling in the attic and an early 19th century marble fireplace on the ground floor. <1> See photos <2>.