The Highlands is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1973. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Highlands
- WRENN ID
- mired-minaret-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Highlands, 88, Aylestone Hill, Hereford, HR1 1JJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 523 411
- Coordinates
- 52.06632, -2.697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Highlands is a house located on Aylestone Hill in Hereford, dating from the early to mid 19th century. It is constructed of stucco and features a hipped roof covered with graduated Welsh slate, along with four brick lateral stacks. The building is two storeys high and has a three-window range with 6/6 sash windows and deep bracketed eaves. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door with an ornamental fanlight, set within a plain stucco doorcase topped by a modillioned hood. This entrance is flanked by 8/12 sash windows.
On the left side of the building, there is a tier of 6/6 and 8/12 sash windows. The right side features a painted brick service wing with a tier of 2/4 sash windows and a brick stack.
Inside No. 88, there is a dogleg staircase with stick balusters. The first floor includes a six-panel door, architraves, and coving. The ground floor has several six-panel doors, a four-panel door, coving, a fireplace, alcoves with beaded architraves, a marble fireplace, and panelled shutters on the windows. The cellar is stone-lined.
Local climate
The Highlands receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- 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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