High House

High House is a former vicarage, dating from the mid- to late 18th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century and the late 20th century. It is now used as flats. The building is constructed of English-bond brickwork, with ribbed concrete tiles on the roof. It has an ‘L’ shaped plan, with a five-window front, a single-bay rear wing, and three storeys above cellars. A single- and two-storey wing has been added to form a ‘U’ shape.

The front elevation features a central door behind a single-storey porch, accessed by six stone steps with flanking brick walls. The porch has plain, rendered sides, a heavy cornice, and a flat roof. There are two-pane sash windows on either side of the porch. The front door is a six-panelled, fielded design with a rectangular fanlight in the shape of a St. Andrew’s cross. To the left of the porch are two sash windows with flat, rubbed brick arches, and a plain brick string course above. Below are cambered heads to the cellar openings. A tripartite window is situated to the left, under a cambered brick arch, and features a projecting dentil course to the verge of the gable above. To the right is a canted, single-storey brick bay with a double sash window in the centre, a single pane at the bottom, and two panes at the top. It has brick piers, stone lintels, and a hipped lead roof. The first-floor windows have rubbed brick arches, and the second floor has five nine-pane sashes with timber lintels and moulded brick eaves. Chimneys are on each gable.

A right return elevation has two blind openings on each floor, a brick string course similar to the front, except for the first floor, which features a two-light mullion and transom window on the left. The rear added wing has two-pane sashes on the ground and first floors, a casement window on the second floor, and cambered brick arches above. Chimneys extend from the eaves on the left and right of this wing.

Inside, there is an open-well staircase in the rear wing featuring turned balusters (three per tread), a cut string, a moulded handrail, and square newels, which may have been remade in the 19th century. The wing on the left and the rear wing on the right are late 19th-century additions, including the bay window on the front. The building forms a group with the nearby church.