Woodford County High School

Woodford County High School, originally a substantial house known as Highams, was built in 1768 by William Newton. The building is finished in painted stucco and features two storeys, a basement, and an attic in the central block. The central block has five bays, while the wings have four bays, with the outer two bays of each wing slightly projecting beneath pediments. The three central bays of the main block are also slightly set forward and are adorned with giant Ionic pilasters that rise through the ground and first floors.

There is a prominent sandstone porch at the center with a pedimented entrance. The building has square-headed sash windows with glazing bars and round-headed windows on the ground floor of the wings. A rich dentil cornice is present above the first floor, along with a subsidiary cornice for the attics and a balustraded parapet. At the roof, there is a central polygonal lantern with a console cornice and a low hipped roof.

Inside, the school retains a fine stone staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade and an 'S' fluted band at the floor level. There is also a Venetian staircase window that originally featured half column ornamentation, which was removed after war damage. The house was set within extensive grounds that included what is now the public open space known as Highams Park. A red Book prepared by Humphry Repton for the layout of the park is preserved at Brottenham Hall in Norfolk.