Survey Data
Reg No
14810004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Cultural, Historical
Original Use
House
In Use As
Guest house/b&b
Date
1750 - 1760
Coordinates
201329, 214822
Date Recorded
09/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built in 1753, with gabled central bay to façade with modern porch and single-bay two-storey wing to south and two-bay two-storey wing to north. Now used as a bed and breakfast. Set within own grounds. Pitched tiled roof with red brick chimneystacks, terracotta ridge tiles and timber bargeboards. Rendered walls with plaque to central gabled bay. Replacement timber windows with stone sills. Timber panelled door to porch. Adjoining single-storey outbuilding to south in ruins. Stone walled enclosure to south, possibly former walled garden.
Appraisal
Hill House is located in a prominent setting close to Saint Paul's Church. This house was once the home of Charlotte Brontë's husband, Mr. Nicholls, who returned to Banagher after Charlotte's death. The connection of the house to Brontë, one of the most renowned writers of the nineteenth century, is revealed in its commercial name, Charlotte's Way, giving the house cultural interest. The house itself retains its original form and scale, and its unusual roof line makes a pleasing addition to the streetscape.