5 and 6, Higher Longfield Cottages and Higher Longfield Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. A Early Modern Farmhouse, cottage. 4 related planning applications.

5 and 6, Higher Longfield Cottages and Higher Longfield Farmhouse

WRENN ID
old-belfry-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1984
Type
Farmhouse, cottage
Period
Early Modern
Address
5 and 6, Higher Longfield Cottages and Higher Longfield Farmhouse, Rough Side Lane, Todmorden, OL14 6JL
OS grid reference
SD 941 236
Coordinates
53.70903, -2.08987
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The property comprises a large, L-shaped range of buildings forming four dwellings: Higher Longfield Cottages (Nos. 5 and 6) and Higher Longfield Farmhouse, along with a rear farm cottage. Nos. 5 and 6 date to the late 17th century and are constructed of rubble masonry with a stone slate roof, originally a two-cell house. The farmhouse, positioned higher, was built in the mid-18th century using hammer-dressed stone with a slate roof. A mid-18th century farm cottage is also present, built with hammer-dressed stone and a slate roof.

The south front of Nos. 5 and 6 is two storeys high and features a coped gable with kneelers and a reduced stack. It has two double-chamfered mullioned windows of four lights (without mullions), and a chamfered light on the ground floor. The first floor holds chamfered mullioned windows: one of three lights and two of two lights, all lacking mullions. The farmhouse exhibits quoins, a moulded cornice, and three bays of tall, narrow windows that were formerly sashed, now with modern glazing and plain stone surrounds with projecting sills. A doorway with a shallow porch, featuring monolithic jambs, a simple entablature, and a triangular pediment, is set between the first two bays of the farmhouse. It also features moulded coped gables, the left of which has a broad ashlar stack.

At the rear of Nos. 5 and 6 is a single-storey range extending two bays under a catslide roof with the main range. The farmhouse is distinguished by a double-chamfered mullioned and transomed stair window with six uneven-sized lights. The farm cottage is characterised by quoins and a convex moulded stone gutter. It has two bays of altered windows with chamfered surrounds. A blocked doorway at the junction of the farm cottage and farmhouse has monolithic jambs, with a first-floor taking-in door reduced to a window positioned above. A single stack is located on the ridge.

Inside the farmhouse, the dog-leg close string staircase features an 18th-century ramped handrail, turned balusters, and newels.

Local climate

5 and 6, Higher Longfield Cottages and Higher Longfield Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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