Highfield Farmhouse and Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1980. A C17 Farmhouse, cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Highfield Farmhouse and Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eternal-corbel-poplar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1980
- Type
- Farmhouse, cottage
- Address
- Highfield Farmhouse and Cottage, the Mount, WF17 9DS
- OS grid reference
- SE 222 266
- Coordinates
- 53.73611, -1.66368
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Highfield Farmhouse and Cottage, dating back to approximately the 17th century, is a large farmhouse that has been divided, and includes the properties at Nos. 7 and 9 Fieldhead Lane. The bay to the left is the oldest part of the building. The farmhouse is constructed from hammer-dressed stone with a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and an attic, with moulded gable copings on carved kneelers. A plinth runs along the base.
The front facade has three gables, each with an ornamental finial; the finial above the left bay bears the inscription "RB 1612," which has been re-cut. The left bay features a 12-light ovolo moulded mullioned and transomed window, and a 6-light window on the first floor. Both have hood moulds and are double-chamfered. The ground floor window has very early leaded glazing. The two bays to the right have a continuous hood moulding above the ground floor openings, which include a chamfered doorway with an arched lintel on the left, a 12-light mullioned and transomed window with a king mullion, a later doorway that was enlarged from a 2-light window, and a recent doorway on the right. On the first floor are a central 2-light window and two 5-light windows, one of which has had two mullions removed. All windows are double-chamfered.
The left elevation, incorporating No. 7 Fieldhead Lane, has windows dating from approximately the 19th century. The right elevation is rendered. The rear elevation contains a slightly projecting gabled wing, No. 9, which is rendered and features a 5-light double-chamfered window, with two mullions removed, on the first floor; the ground floor has been altered. A central outshut extension has a chamfered doorway with an arched head and a 2-light double-chamfered window. A projecting wing to the right, No. 7, has 19th-century openings.
Local climate
Highfield Farmhouse and Cottage receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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