Highfield House

SADDLEWORTH COOPER STREET SD 90 SE (east side) 5/60 Highfield House 11/8/75 (formerly listed with Stoneleigh) G.V. II House. 1850 on keystone. For Joseph Cooper. Watershot hammer-dressed stone with slate roof. Double-depth central- staircase plan with 2 storeys. Conservatory to left return and small addition to rear. 3 bays with rusticated quoins, ashlar plinth, first floor band, first floor sill band, eaves cornice with blocking course and hipped roof. Broad steps lead to a wide central doorway which has side panels and fanlight under a depressed arch with rusticated voussoirs and keystone. Windows on either side have eared architraves and panelled aprons which break the plinth below them. First floor windows have architrave surrounds, the outer windows with triangular pediments on console brackets, the central one with segmental pediment. Sill aprons with flanking console brackets to outer windows and blind balustrading to centre. Blind piercing to blocking course which has articulating dies. All windows are C20 casements. Tall arched stair window with stained glass to rear. Dogleg stair with cast iron balusters.

Listing NGR: SD9618904727