High Chimneys North Wing High Chimneys

High Chimneys, including its North Wing, is a large house that has been subdivided into two properties. It dates from the early 17th century and is constructed of brick, featuring a plinth with splayed and moulded capping, a first-floor string course, and a dentil string at the base of the gables. The roof is covered with old tiles, and there are flanking, symmetrical chimneys with diagonal shafts and offset heads. The building has two storeys, an attic, and a basement.

The east front is characterized by three gables, with the outer gables projecting. Each outer gable has a small two-light leaded attic casement window and two bays on the lower floors. The centre gable features a similar attic light and three bays below, with the upper part blocked over a double door that was originally eight-panelled, of which four upper panels are now glazed. This door is framed in a heavy original stop-moulded frame and is topped with an early 18th-century flat moulded hood supported by large carved brackets. All lower windows are tall four-light wood mullioned and transomed with leaded lights.

The west front is similar, but the outer bays of the gabled wings are blocked, with one bay of narrow blocked windows on the inner faces. The central door is original and unglazed, also beneath a similar hood, and is approached by six stone steps. Basement windows in the outer bays of the centre part and on the inner faces of the projecting wings have wood mullions and three narrow lights. The south end has three bays of narrow windows, with a tall projecting chimney between the right-hand and centre bays, and a panelled door between the left-hand and centre bays. The north end features a lower 19th-century extension of two bays.

Inside, the ground floor was originally symmetrical with a central hall and flanking staircases, one in the south wing and one in the north, both of which still exist. These staircases have square newel posts, shaped balusters, and moulded handrails. The balusters of the main staircase are flattened hexagons in plan, while those in the secondary staircase are flat. Two moulded stone fireplaces remain, each with high three-centred pointed arches. The house was built by a member of the Barker family.