High Stead Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1949. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

High Stead Farm House

WRENN ID
scattered-rubblework-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1949
Type
Farmhouse
Address
High Stead Farm House, Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley, LS29 8BQ
OS grid reference
SE 142 462
Coordinates
53.91213, -1.78527
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Stead Farm House is a 16th-century farmhouse situated on Ben Rhydding Drive in Ilkley. The building is two storeys high and constructed of squared, coursed stone with a stone slab roof. The original portion exhibits mullioned windows with semi-circular heads to the lights, an arched fireplace, and a square chimney stack built diamond-wise on a square base. A later addition features mullioned windows, some of which now have wooden frames. The lintel above the south doorway is initialled W.I.V. and dated 1596. The initials W.V. are also carved on an oak post supporting a floor beam. The house contains some carved oak panelling. It is thought the house may have been built by a member of the Vavasour family of Weston Hall.

Local climate

High Stead Farm House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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