Higher House Farmhouse

Higher House Farmhouse is a former farmhouse, now a house and farmhouse, dating from the mid 18th century, with additional sections added to the rear. It is constructed of orange-red brick in English garden wall bond, with buff sandstone dressings. The roof is made of Kerridge stone-slate, featuring a stone ridge and two gable brick chimneys. The building is two stories high with a symmetrical three-bay front. It has an ashlar plinth, chamfered rusticated quoins, a stone band at the first floor, a plain frieze, and a projecting cornice. The end bays contain flush 12-pane sash windows with flat channelled stone heads and stone sills. The entrance features a Roman Doric doorcase with a semi-circular fanlight above a repaired six-panelled door, which is accessed by three stone steps. At the rear, there is a parallel range, possibly an early 19th-century addition, that includes a two-storey canted bay window and is now a separate house.