High Barns Farmhouse And Adjacent Outbuildings

High Barns Farmhouse and the adjacent outbuildings date from the 17th century, with the rear wall rebuilt around 1800 and a remodelled front added around 1850. The outbuildings, also from around 1850, incorporate some earlier materials, while the south-west range is slightly later. The buildings are primarily constructed of rubble, except for the south-west range, which features squared stone with tooled-and-margined quoins and dressings. They have graduated Lakeland slate roofs, and one stack has been rebuilt in brick.

The south elevation of the farmhouse has end pilasters and a coped gable with moulded kneelers. The house is two storeys high and has three symmetrical bays. A central porch with a shaped gable leads to a vertical-panelled door in a moulded surround, featuring a flat-pointed head and a chamfered loop above, flanked by sunk panels. There is a 4-pane casement window in the left return and paired 12-pane sash windows in raised chamfered surrounds. The right end stack has three octagonal shafts with moulded caps, while the left end stack has been rebuilt on an old base. The left return shows earlier masonry and a blocked chamfered window on the first floor.

To the left, an outbuilding set back is one storey high with two bays, featuring a 4-pane sash window to the right and chamfered loops. The south-west range projects from the left bay and has a gable end with a boarded door under a stepped triangular head, along with a lancet window above and a stepped and banded ridge stack. There are two part-slatted windows on the left return, and the left end of the outbuilding has a window flanked by chamfered loops with a lancet above.

Another range of outbuildings set back to the right consists of two sections; the left part is two storeys high with three symmetrical bays, featuring a central boarded door under a flat-pointed head and part-slatted windows. The right part is one storey high with two bays, having a similar door and a small window on the left. All openings have raised chamfered surrounds.

Inside the house, there is an axial wall, which is the front wall of the 17th-century building, measuring 0.85 metres thick. The property was formerly known as Reivereins and was part of the Clayton (Chesters) estate in the 19th century.