Higham Park Farmhouse

A manor house, now a farmhouse, with origins in the medieval period, largely dating to the 16th and 17th centuries. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone and has old plain tile roofs. The building was originally likely L-shaped but is now U-shaped. It is two storeys high. The centre of the main front has a two-window range, featuring a single four-light stone mullion window with arch-head lights to the first floor on the left side. Other windows are 19th-century casements under wooden lintels, with a 19th-century canted wooden bay window to the ground floor on the left. A gabled cross wing projects to the left and includes various 19th-century casements. A flat-roofed porch is attached to the return wall and features a plank door with a moulded wooden surround and a four-centred arch head. A twin-gabled range projecting to the right was originally outbuildings, and is now part of the main house. Brick and stone stacks are located at the ridge, with a 15th/16th-century circular stone flue at the right gable end. The interior has not been inspected. The site is near the remains of a medieval moated house, which was part of the estate of Higham Ferrers Castle. Building accounts from the 14th and 15th centuries have been traced for this house.