Listed Building: Beeley Hilltop House (1088204)

'PARISH OF BEELEY OFF CHATSWORTH ROAD SK 26 NE 5/31 (East Side) 12.1.67 Beeley Hilltop House II* Manor house. Early C17, altered C19 and C20. Coursed squared gritstone with ashlar dressings and quoins. Stone slate roof with coped gables. Ashlar ridge and gable stacks and a lateral stack. Three storeys. H-plan, truncated. West elevation has gabled projecting wings and recessed centre part. The left hand wing has a 5-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, a 2-light (formerly 4-light with a transom) above and a 3-light in the gable. All with horizontal hoodmoulds. The right hand gable has a 4-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transomed window with a major mullion, and hoodmould. C19 glazing bar sash to first floor beneath the broader C17 hoodmould. 3-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window in the gable, also with hoodmould. Irregular fenestration to the recessed centre part. L-shaped rear elevation has on its south face three moulded bands, the top one continued across the gabled east face. The east face has two 4-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows and a similar 3-light in the gable. To the right a round-arched doorway with key and impost blocks, a blind single light above and a 3-light window above again. The south face has a central doorway with moulded surround with to the left, a 3-light square section flush mullion window and to the right a 4-light recessed and chamfered mullion window. Two similar 4-light windows above. The other elevations have similar 2, 3 or 4-light windows. Wall attached to south east, and ashlar gate piers with moulded capitals and ball finials. Interior: Dining room with chamfered segmental arched chimneypiece with moulded inner fireplace. Drawing room has C17 panelling and a moulded stone chimneypiece. Splat baluster staircase mostly renewed. Bedroom in north west angle has C17 panelling with fluted pilasters and frieze. Moulded stone chimney piece. Small door from the bathroom to the bedroom with trompe l'oeil painting to resemble deeply moulded panelling. Bedroom in north west angle has a carved Jacobean overmantel flanked by fluted pilasters. C17 panelling and moulded cornice. Bedroom in SE angle has C17 panelling and moulded plaster frieze and ceiling with strapwork patterns. Moulded stone chimneypiece with carved arms of James I in the ovemantle and moulded cornice. The bedroom in the SW angle continues the plaster ceiling and has a moulded stone chimneypiece and panelled overmantle with moulded brackets and cornice. Listing NGR: SK2694068412.'