Highams Farmhouse

Highams Farmhouse is an early 17th-century timber-framed farmhouse, with a 19th-century extension. It has a tiled roof and a brick extension. The building originally formed part of a hall house, and now comprises a three-bay southeast wing. The plan is L-shaped, with a brick northwest wing added later. The farmhouse has two storeys. The front of the house features a central, two-story porch built of plastered brick in a Tudor style, dating from the 19th century. An original external stack is located to the southeast of the porch. The garden elevation has a bay of three sash windows at the southwest end, and two sash windows on the ground floor. Above, there are three sash windows and one arched cast iron window on the first floor – all dating from the early 19th century. Panelling with a fluted frieze, believed to be from around 1600, was reportedly found in a garden pavilion, and is now installed in a lower southwest room. The roof has been rebuilt, although some smoke-blackened medieval rafters were reused during its construction. A cast iron pump, housed in a wooden case, stands against the east corner of the property. The site is a moated one.