Cottages to West of Highfield House is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Cottages to West of Highfield House
- WRENN ID
- spare-plinth-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cottages to West of Highfield House, Hartington Nether Quarter, Derbyshire Dales, SK17 0DQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 158 593
- Coordinates
- 53.13071, -1.76418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two cottages located to the west of Highfield House, dating from the late 18th century. They are constructed of rendered stone with painted gritstone dressings and feature a stone slate roof, with stone ridge and gable end stacks. The cottages are two storeys high and consist of single bays.
On the eastern side, there is a quoined flush doorcase with a flush window surround that was formerly fitted with a mullion. Above this, there is a 2-light flush mullion window with small pane casements. On the western side, there is an early 19th-century doorcase with incised jambs and corner circles, topped with a flat stone hood. Adjacent to this, there is a 2-light flush mullion window with a plain sash in a flush surround. Above, there is another 2-light flush mullion window featuring 19th-century casements.
Local climate
Cottages to West of Highfield House receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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