Hill Farmhouse (formerly Pannells) (EHER 7014)

The farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered, two storeyed, moated house built in around 1589. The house was altered in the 19th century.

Timber-framed and plastered, two-storied house with tiled roofs, built in around 1589 on a T-plan with a cross-wing at the east end. Original carved barge boards survive, also bressumer and brackets. The carved and moulded bressumer has the date 1589 and ititials I M P. Two original western chimneystacks, the NE chimneystack has a plain but original base. Stop-chamfered ceiling beams on the ground floor of the cross-wing. Exposed joists in two rooms. Original oak panelling in the dining room. The staircase has original handrail and balusters. Moulded ceiling-beams in the west wing of the kitchen, a wide open fireplace and original winding staircase. <1> <2> <3> 19th and 20th century extensions, windows, door, bargeboards (as well as the original ones). Morant calls the manor `Panells le Hill' and says the Pannell family were here from 1385-1613). The inscribed initials presumably refer to a member of this family. <4> <5> Moated site - see EHER 7014. NRHE data transfer: Hill Farm (NAT). <6> August 1952. Grade II* listed. Hill Farmhouse (formerly listed as Ridgewell Hill Farmhouse) Manor house, late 16th century, altered in 19th century. Morant called this manor Pannells Le Hill, and states that the Pannell family occupied it from 1385 to 1613. RCHM 4. Grade II*. (See list for details). <4>