Highlands Farmhouse

Highlands Farmhouse is a house built around 1805-1809 for William Walker, a sugar refiner from Houndsditch. It has been restored in the 20th century. The building is made of red brick and features slate roofs. It has a double-pile design with an almost square plan, standing two storeys high on a basement. The hipped roof has two spans.

The east elevation presents a symmetrical facade with five bays. The basement includes one central window, while the piano nobile has four windows, and the first floor has five windows, all of which are sash windows with glazing bars and have gauged brick flat arches above them. The central doorway features a gauged brick semi-circular head, a semi-circular fanlight with radiating glazing bars, and a fielded panel door set in a moulded surround. The two-wing perron was rebuilt in the 20th century, and similar window designs are found elsewhere on the building. There are red brick integral stacks on the side elevations.

Inside, the ground floor retains many original doors and their surrounds. Some original cast iron firegrates are still present, although the fire surrounds are 20th-century wooden copies of marble originals. The staircase is also a 20th-century copy.