The High House

The High House is a cottage dating to the early to mid 17th century, with a renovation and extension added around 1987. The east end retains timber framing, nogged with brick and featuring a ragstone footing; the remainder of the structure is underbuilt with 19th-century brick, with the first floor clad in painted weatherboarding. A brick stack and a 19th-century chimneyshaft are present, along with a peg-tile roof. The extension is brick, with a peg-tile cladding to the first floor and a matching peg-tile roof.

The original cottage, the main block, faces north and has a two-room plan. A large room on the left is heated by an axial stack backing onto an unheated service room; the former front doorway towards the right end was blocked around 1987. The main entrance is now into a single-room rear block that projects at right angles to the right end of the original cottage. The main block is two storeys high, with attics within the roofspace, while the 1987 extension is also two storeys high. A 19th-century lean-to is located on the right (west) end.

The front façade features regularly placed two-window casements with glazing bars, dating to around 1987 and consistent across the house. The interior of the main block’s first floor preserves much of the original timber framing, exhibiting wide curving tension braces and indicating the positions of most original windows. A blocked window in the rear wall retains diamond mullions, and the owner reports a similar window also exists in the west end wall. The former service room and the chamber above it have plain joists. The parlour/living room, and the chamber above it, feature chamfered and scroll-stopped axial beams. The roof is a two-bay structure incorporating collared tie-beam trusses, clasped side purlins, and small windbraces. The High House provides an interesting and well-preserved example of a small early to mid 17th-century house.