Survey Data
Reg No
30408508
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Country house
Date
1740 - 1780
Coordinates
164488, 229760
Date Recorded
18/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Ruinous remains of two-storey over basement country house, built c.1760. Now overgrown and roofless. Dressed limestone walls to front (west) elevation, and rendered walls to other elevations, rubble stone exposed. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, one with two-over-two pane sliding sash window remaining. Round-headed door opening with sidelights. Cut-stone steps to entrance. Ruinous remains of outbuildings to rear.
Appraisal
Although ruinous, Beech Hill still retains material and features from the eighteenth century. It provides an interesting feature in the local landscape.