High Gate Farmhouse and Attached Barn High Gate House is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

High Gate Farmhouse and Attached Barn High Gate House

WRENN ID
silent-facade-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
High Gate Farmhouse and Attached Barn High Gate House, Highgate Lane, Heptonstall, HX7 7PF
OS grid reference
SD 963 288
Coordinates
53.75563, -2.0566
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Gate Farmhouse and the attached barn, known as High Gate House, is a building that dates from the late 17th century, with a two-cell house added in the mid-18th century to the east, and an early 19th-century barn added to the west. The structure is built of hammer-dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. It stands two storeys tall.

The 17th-century house consists of two cells, each with a 6-light double chamfered mullioned window and a 4-light chamfered mullioned window, although these have been altered on the first floor. There is a noticeable break in the stonework between the two cells. The second cell was originally gabled and retains an earlier roofline and kneeler, with an inserted doorway and a single stack at the ridge.

The 18th-century house has a doorway with tie-stone jambs and a chamfered surround to the left of two bays of double chamfered mullioned windows, which were originally five lights, with a similar arrangement above on the first floor, though with a single chamfer. Both windows lack two mullions. The right-hand return wall features quoins and a gable stack, with another stack at the ridge. The rear of the house has a projecting wing with a first-floor doorway in the gable, which includes a segmental arched doorway with composite jambs and a stop chamfered cyma moulded surround. The gable is coped with kneelers.

The left-hand return wall of the wing has a former 4-light double chamfered mullioned window and a 6-light window above on the first floor, with the mullions removed. The right-hand return wall has 5-light flat faced mullioned windows on the first floor. There is a well-dressed stack at the ridge where the wing meets the main range.

The barn is taller than the house and features a segmental arched cart entry with a Venetian window above, flanked by columbarium on either side. To the right of the barn, there is a mistal doorway with a chamfered surround. The barn has a softwood queen-post roof. Inside the 17th-century house, there is a deep chimney breast that may contain the original fireplace.

Local climate

High Gate Farmhouse and Attached Barn High Gate House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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