High House

High House is a house dating to 1697, with an early 19th-century addition to the left. The original house is constructed of ashlar stone, with hammer-dressed stone to the sides, rear, and addition, and has a stone slate roof. It features quoins. The house is two storeys with an attic. The original core is a double-depth, two-room front with a central lobby-entry against a stack. The doorway has a finely moulded eared architrave with a dated stone above, and an oculus with a two-piece moulded architrave above. Flat-faced mullion windows with an inner chamfer and raised surrounds of four lights to the left and three lights to the right flank the doorway. A central stack is present. The 19th-century addition features a doorway with monolithic jambs and two bays of square windows with plain stone surrounds. Coped gables with kneelers top the roof. At the rear are two bays of double-chamfered mullioned windows with almost square reveals of three lights. A two-light flat-faced mullioned window has been inserted into the ground floor of the left-hand bay. A central two-light window at mezzanine level likely provides light for the stair, accompanied by a small chamfered light to the first floor. The addition also has a doorway to the first floor with monolithic jambs, accessed by a flight of four stone steps. The left return boasts a doorway with composite jambs and a chamfered surround that rises to form a false ogee lintel. An attic window is a two-light chamfered mullioned window. The interior was not inspected but is reported to feature a fine arched fireplace.