Highfield House is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. House. 7 related planning applications.
Highfield House
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-chancel-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Highfield House, 54, Headingley Lane, LS6 2BP
- OS grid reference
- SE 285 357
- Coordinates
- 53.81731, -1.56809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Highfield House is a house built around 1830, originally for George Bischoff, and is currently used as a hall of residence. The building is constructed of ashlar stone and features a hipped slate roof. It has two storeys and five bays, with the outer bays recessed. The central porch is supported by Tuscan columns and features an entablature cornice and a blocking piece. The stone bay windows are segmental bowed and have large three-light windows, with Tuscan pilasters on the mullions, a cornice, and a blocking course above. On the first floor, there are three windows with plain lintels and a continuous sill band, along with a similar window bay at the fifth position. The eaves have a cornice and a shallow blocking course, with stacks at each end.
Inside, the staircase hall includes an oval lantern and ornate carved balusters in a Jacobean style, dating from the late 19th century. George Bischoff acquired 122,000 square yards of the estate from Mrs. Barbara Bainbrigge in 1827 and built this house, likely as a speculative venture. Samuel Glover, a druggist, purchased the house shortly after its completion. It later served as a hall of residence for Leeds Polytechnic.
Local climate
Highfield House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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