High Trees

High Trees is a detached house, likely connected to former mill buildings on the site. It dates from the 17th or 18th century, with substantial alterations in the 19th century. The exterior is built of rubble, with stone base courses and a double Roman tile roof. Brick gable stacks rise from the roof, including a large, external, stepped stack over the north end which also incorporates a stair turret. The house originally comprised two rooms, later modified to three, with an undivided top floor. It is arranged over three storeys, having been raised to its current height in the 19th century, and features a two-window front. The second floor has two three-light casement windows with leading, over two-light casement windows with segmental brick heads. Only one casement window remains at ground floor level. A plank door is set within a segmental head, positioned off-centre to the left between the windows. The opposite side displays the remains of windows at two levels, originally featuring three-light ovolo-mould wood casements with crude stopped drips, now largely blocked or modified, with the exception of the top right window. Surviving wooden lintels have stops. Inside, there are both a stone newel staircase to the first floor and a wooden newel staircase to the second floor. Two moulded overmantels are present above simple fire openings at the north end, along with a gun rack above the ground floor mantel. The ceilings feature heavy, chamfered, and stopped beams. First-floor partitioning is timber-framed, and includes a cambered-head door opening. The roof structure includes collar rafters, and may incorporate some early timbers that were re-used. The house underwent extensive internal modifications in July 1984.