Highwood Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1976. Farmhouse.

Highwood Farmhouse

WRENN ID
unlit-passage-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1976
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Highwood Farmhouse, West Road, Hexham
OS grid reference
NY 911 651
Coordinates
54.98114, -2.1401
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Highwood Farmhouse is a mid-18th century building that stands two storeys tall. It features three windows on the south side and has a single-storey, one-window annex to the west, which connects to a later two-window byre. The structure is built of rubble with quoins and has a stone slate roof, complemented by brick gable end chimneys. The windows are late glazed sash types. A central wooden gabled porch with a six flush panel door and a narrow light to the right enhances the entrance.

Local climate

Highwood Farmhouse receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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