ham-hill

Updated: July 27, 2026

Three miles to the left of the travellers, along the road they had not followed, rose an old house with mullioned windows of Ham-hill stone, and chimneys of lavish solidity.

Thomas Hardy - Wessex Tales

At the side of the room were high windows of Ham-hill stone, upon either sill of which she could sit by first mounting a desk and using it as a footstool. As the evening advanced here she perched herself, as was her custom on such wet and gloomy occasions, put on a light shawl and bonnet, opened the window, and looked out at the rain.

Thomas Hardy - Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school