Higher Highfield is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1988. Farmhouse.
Higher Highfield
- WRENN ID
- woven-gallery-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Higher Highfield, Haigh Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 608 088
- Coordinates
- 53.57461, -2.59246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Highfield is a farmhouse dating from 1714, as indicated by the datestone. It is constructed of brick on a stone base, with part of the exterior plastered, and features a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has three bays, with the first bay projecting under a gable. There is a band above the ground floor, and the first bay also has a band above the first floor. The windows have plain lintels and casements, while the third bay has no windows. The entrance is located in the second bay, and the datestone is found in the third bay. The right side of the building has a blocked entrance, and there are two cross-axial stacks.
Local climate
Higher Highfield sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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