Highwoods Farmhouse

Highwoods Farmhouse is a house that dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th and 18th centuries, and extensions added in the 20th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The original 16th-century section features a three-bay crosswing with a parallelogram plan, aligned north to south, and has two external stacks on the left side. To the right is a 17th or 18th-century wing, built on the site of a former open hall, which includes a 17th-century internal stack at the junction with the crosswing, and a 20th-century extension beyond it. There is also a lean-to extension at the front right angle, creating a catslide roof with the crosswing, and large 20th-century extensions of two and one storeys at the rear right.

The farmhouse is two storeys high. The crosswing has a one-window range of early 19th-century sashes with 16 lights, while to the right, there is a two-window range of 20th-century casements. A 20th-century door is located in the catslide extension, with an additional 20th-century door in a recessed porch on the right return. Inside the 16th-century crosswing, there are chamfered axial beams with step stops, plain joists of horizontal section, some jowled storey posts, face-halved and bladed scarfs in both wallplates, and a clasped purlin roof. An original ground-floor partition between the two front bays has been removed, and there is a groove for a sliding shutter in the rear wall. The brick base of a bread oven is located behind the internal stack, although the oven itself has been demolished. There is a wide wood-burning hearth facing to the left, with a 20th-century grate to the right.