Highfields is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. House. 4 related planning applications.

Highfields

WRENN ID
riven-plinth-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sandwell
Constituency
West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1985
Type
House
Address
Highfields, High Street, B70 8RJ
OS grid reference
SP 002 915
Coordinates
52.52201, -1.99798
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Highfields is a building that likely dates from the 1830s and originally comprised four houses, which are now used as offices. It is constructed of stuccoed brick and features hipped slate roofs. The structure includes a three-storey central block with five bays, flanked by lower two-storey wings that each have three bays.

Most of the windows are sash style with glazing bars, although the windows in the second and fourth bays of the main block, located above the entrances, are narrower than the others. The third and fifth bays on the ground floor are bowed and currently have overhanging 20th-century felt roofs. The left-hand bow features a tripartite sash window with pilasters acting as mullions, while the right-hand bow has three windows with a pediment above the central one. The second floor windows of the main block are casement style.

The doors in the second and fourth bays are adorned with Tuscan porches, each featuring a reeded frieze with decorative paterae. The three lower bays on the left are separated by pilaster strips, and the ground floor windows are framed with architraves. The three right-hand bays are similar but are separated by pilasters and have sash windows on the ground floor, with the left-hand bay having wider windows. The building has chimneys located at the center and on the end walls of the main block, positioned between the first and second bays on the left and between the second and third bays on the right.

Local climate

Highfields receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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