High House

High House is a house dating from the 17th century and late 18th century, located on Bawdsey Ferry Road. It is constructed of yellow Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings and has a 20th-century pantile roof. The building has an L-shaped plan, with the rear wing being older and featuring a baffle-entry two-cell layout.

The entrance front has five bays arranged symmetrically. The central doorway on the ground floor is framed by a classical surround with Ionic pilasters, moulded capitals and bases, and an open pediment with mutules. The door itself is a six-panel design with two flush lower panels and four raised and fielded upper panels, topped by a fanlight with decorative tracery of swags. On either side of the door are sash windows with three rows of nine panes, thin glazing bars, painted stone sills, and flat-arched heads. There are five similar windows on the first floor and five additional windows on the second floor, though these have four rows of two panes.

To the right side of the entrance is a central projecting gable chimney-stack with three flues. The first and second floor windows to the left of this chimney are similar to those on the entrance front, while to the right are two similar blocked openings. The rear wing extends to the right and is made of red Flemish bond brick, featuring 20th-century metal-framed casement windows, including a four-light and two three-light windows on the ground floor, and three three-light windows on the first floor, along with three two-light gabled dormers in the attic. A ridge chimney is located to the right of center. The left side has a blank gable end from an early 19th-century portion, while the 17th-century part is obscured by 19th- and 20th-century additions along its entire side.

Inside, the rear wing has chamfered ceiling beams with ogee end stops on both floors, jowled wall posts on the upper floor, and exposed studding with through braces. There is a massive chimney-breast on the ground floor with a baffle-entry on one side and a staircase on the other. The first floor features 17th-century plank doors with moulded cross-battens and iron door furniture, and there is a winder staircase leading to the attics.