Highfields Farmhouse And Attached Cottage To North East

Highfields Farmhouse and an attached cottage date to the early 18th century, with extensions and alterations made in the early 19th century. The farmhouse is timber framed and roughcast rendered, with some exposed imitation framing, and has a machine-made red plain tile roof. The cottage has a slate and similar tile roof. An ancillary range to the rear is roofed with handmade red clay pantiles.

The main house is a single-span range with an original external stack to the rear of the left end. An early 19th-century wing extends to the rear of the right end, with an internal stack at the junction. The two-storey main house has two early 19th-century tripartite sash windows on each floor, and a central early 19th-century sash window of six lights with a semi-circular head on the first floor. A central five-panel door, with the upper three panels glazed in an early 19th-century moulded architrave, is accessed via an early 20th-century gabled porch. Early 20th-century imitation framing is present on the first floor. The roof is hipped.

The attached cottage, to the left of the main range, is one storey with attics, and has a rear wing to its left end and an internal stack at the end. The cottage has a gabled roof of low pitch. The ground floor of the cottage features a 20th-century metal casement window and the upper floor has an early 19th-century sash window of three plus six lights.

The right return has an early 19th-century sash window of sixteen lights and a 20th-century glass door on the ground floor, and two similar sashes on the first floor. The rear elevation of the main house has one early 18th-century sash window of twelve lights on each floor; the upper part of the stack has been rebuilt. The rear elevation of the rear wing has two early 19th-century sashes of sixteen lights on each floor. A significant amount of crown glass is present in front, side, and rear windows. A six-panel door is located on the left side of the rear wing. The rear elevation of the cottage has an early 19th-century three-light window with a wrought iron casement and rectangular leading on the ground floor, and a 19th-century casement on the upper floor.

Inside the farmhouse, an early 19th-century straight staircase has a hardwood handrail, turned newel, and replaced stick balusters. Re-sited 17th-century oak panelling is found on the left side of the staircase and forms a dado on the left wall of the entrance/stair hall. At the top of the stair, there is an early 19th-century semi-elliptical arch. The first-floor landing features a rare early 18th-century glazed screen, providing borrowed light, with ovolo-moulded glazing bars and much crown glass. 20th-century replacement grates are present. The cottage contains re-sited 17th-century oak panelling on the right and rear walls of the ground-floor room, with similar panelling beside the stair. A 20th-century grate is set within an early 19th-century moulded fire surround.