Highbarn is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1994. A N/A House. 1 related planning application.

Highbarn

WRENN ID
little-mullion-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1994
Type
House
Period
N/A
Address
Highbarn, Fynney Street, Leek, ST13 5LF
OS grid reference
SJ 985 561
Coordinates
53.10218, -2.02261
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Highbarn is a house built around 1912 by Reginald Longden for himself. It is constructed of brick with some half-timbering and has plain-tiled roofs, showcasing the Arts and Crafts Vernacular Revival style. The building is two storeys high and features a two-window range with a pair of advanced gables separated by a narrow entrance bay. The central entrance is set in a recessed porch located between the two gables, topped with a shallow cambered timber lintel.

The left-hand gable has a four-light mullioned window on the first floor and a tripartite mullioned window below it. The right-hand gable is half-timbered, with brick nogging on the lower storey and decorative timber panels, including cusped quatrefoils, above. A four-light mullioned window with decorative leading creates a continuous band at the first-floor level. The main roof slopes down to the right of this gable and wraps around the angle over the projecting porch. There are axial stacks, and the symmetrical rear elevation features paired half-timbered gables. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Highbarn receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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