Highlands Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. House.
Highlands Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- buried-basalt-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1985
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 14NW NORTHILL BEDFORD ROAD No. 33 3/43 ( Highlands Farmhouse )
GV II
House. Circa 1805-9 for William Walker, a sugar refiner from Houndsditch (Reds Record Office: HY465-475). Restored C20. Red brick. Slate roofs. Double-pile building of almost square plan, 2 storeys on a basement. Hipped 2-span roof. E elevation: 5 bay symmetrical facade. Basement has one central window. 4 windows to piano nobile, 5 to first floor, all sashes with glazing bars, with gauged brick flat arches. Central doorway has gauged brick semi- circular head, semi-circular fanlight with radiating glazing bars and fielded panel door in moulded surround. 2-wing perron, rebuilt C20. Similar fenestration elsewhere. Red brick integral stacks to side elevations. Interior: ground floor retains many original doors and surrounds. Also retained are some original cast iron firegrates, although fire surrounds are C20 wood copies of marble originals. Staircase is also C20 copy.
Listing NGR: TL1341846130
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