High Morland And Harding House

High Morland and Harding House is a house that has been divided into two dwellings, built in 1903 by William Longworth for Richard Harding Watt. The building features roughcast render over brick and a pantiled roof, designed in the Edwardian Free style. It has a rectilinear plan with the main rooms arranged in a series at the rear, stairs at the front, and original service areas concentrated to the left in a tower.

The exterior consists of three storeys. The main entrance was originally located towards the centre but is now to the right of High Morland, framed by a heavy architrave. To the left of the doorway is a pedimented stair window, situated beneath a flat-roofed block with a stepped embattled parapet. The tower, which is linked by a lower bay, features single-light windows on each floor, along with projecting blocks, slits, and random corbelling. An inserted doorway to the right of the original entrance now serves as the entrance to Harding House, with small windows on each floor to its right, featuring round-arched heads on the lower floor just below the eaves.

The rear elevation showcases round-arched windows on the ground floor that create a continuous arcade, with 1- and 2-light windows on the first floor, all having stone sills and lintels with small leaded panes. The top storey windows, located just below the eaves, include 1, 2, and 3-light configurations. The lower bay on the right side has a two-window range, continuing the arcaded ground floor. The tower is slightly recessed to the right and has an overhanging pyramidal roof, with three lights in the open upper stage above decorative corbelling, scattered fenestration below, and some projecting blocks. Outbuildings extend to the right, featuring the characteristic stepped embattled profile associated with Watt. The end wall stacks also have a stepped profile.

The interior has not been inspected. This building is part of a notable series of structures constructed along Legh Road under the patronage of Richard Harding Watt, which includes The Old Croft.