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

Highside Farmhouse

WRENN ID
frozen-balcony-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1976
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Highside Farmhouse, Allendale Road, Hexham
OS grid reference
NY 908 643
Coordinates
54.9734, -2.14489
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Highside Farmhouse, built between 1756 and 1769, is a two-storey building featuring three windows. The structure is constructed of rubble with ashlar quoins and raised window surrounds, which are set on buck dressings. It has two ashlar gable end chimneys and late glazing sash windows. A projecting wooden porch with a plain bargeboard and a finial adds to its character.

Local climate

Highside 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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