Hill House is a historic building in Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England.
The house was built in the 17th century, and was refronted in the 18th century. Historic England describe the front as "very fine". [1] It was owned by the family of Frances I'Anson, about whom Leonard McNally wrote "The Lass of Richmond Hill". Another resident was Anne Milbanke, to whom Lord Byron wrote frequently. [2] The building was grade II* listed in 1952, [1] and the garden wall, gates and gate piers are collectively also grade II* listed. [3]
The house is rendered. It has two storeys and seven bays, the middle three bays projecting under a pediment with a moulded band and two finials. The doorway has a moulded surround, a pulvinated frieze and a modillion cornice. On the ground floor are three large Venetian windows with Ionic mullions, and the other windows have moulded frames and sills. On the left is a single-storey extension, and there is a rear wing containing two doorways with moulded surrounds and triple keystones, and dormers. [1] [4]
The 18th-century gates are made of wrought iron, and are flanked by rusticated stone gate piers with ball finials. The garden is enclosed by a stone wall that is ramped up to the piers, and contains later openings. [3]