Highbury is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1981. House. 1 related planning application.

Highbury

WRENN ID
ruined-railing-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 June 1981
Type
House
Address
Highbury, Front Street, East Garston, RG17 7HW
OS grid reference
SU 364 768
Coordinates
51.48973, -1.47593
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Highbury is a house dating from the 17th to 18th century. It is constructed of brick, featuring grey headers and red dressings on the first floor, with grey headers and red stretchers between the first and ground floor windows. The ground floor has red brick arches and jambs. The roof is made of old tiles and has flanking chimneys. The building has two storeys and a central six-panel door set within a modern trellis porch, flanked by two segmental-headed casements on either side. There are five casements on the first floor. Highbury is continuous with Spring Cottage.

Local climate

Highbury receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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