Highfield Farmhouse and Integral Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Farmhouse, barn.

Highfield Farmhouse and Integral Barn

WRENN ID
dim-footing-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1983
Type
Farmhouse, barn
Address
Highfield Farmhouse and Integral Barn, Alderscholes Lane
OS grid reference
SE 087 323
Coordinates
53.78765, -1.86831
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Highfield Farmhouse and integral barn is a late 18th century building located on the north side of Alderscholes Lane in Thornton. It features two storeys constructed from thin sandstone "bricks" with flush quoins. The stone slate roof has saddlestones and prominent kneelers. On the left side, there are four light square mullion windows, while above a modern glazed door, there is a two light window, and a small two light window is situated above a semi-circular arched barn portal that has been adapted to a window. Additionally, there is a small round arched light to the left of the doorway.

Local climate

Highfield Farmhouse and Integral Barn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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