Highbury is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1988. Villa. 6 related planning applications.
Highbury
- WRENN ID
- vacant-barrel-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1988
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Highbury, Bream Road, Lydney, GL15 5JH
- OS grid reference
- SO 628 036
- Coordinates
- 51.73018, -2.53905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Highbury is a large detached villa dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed with rendered walls, featuring ashlar facing towards the road, and has an asbestos-cement slate roof. The building consists of two parallel ranges with low-pitched gabled roofs arranged to form a compressed "H" plan, with a narrow flat-roofed section connecting the wings. Large eaves stacks are located on each side facing south, and smaller ridge stacks are at the north end.
The south front is two stories high and features a three-window arrangement, with the central bay slightly recessed. The upper floor has 12-pane sashes, while the ground floor has tripartite sashes with a 5+15+5 pane configuration. There is a contemporary pair of three-panel doors under an open pediment supported by brackets in the centre. Long-and-short V-joint quoins are present on both gabled ends. The front elevation to the road has one deeply-set 12-pane sash above a pair of three-panel doors within a moulded frame, all sheltered by a steep-pitched porch on brackets. At ground floor level, two 12-pane sashes and one three-light casement are present.
The rear of the property slopes downwards, revealing a prominent hexagonal bay supported by cast iron columns at basement level, and a small oriel light above.
The interior includes contemporary doors and linings, and a staircase with stick balusters.
Local climate
Highbury receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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