Highfield Farmhouse

This is a farmhouse, built in the mid-18th century, with an early 19th-century extension and a later 19th-century alteration. The external walls are constructed from dressed sandy limestone, and the roof is covered with concrete pantiles. The farmhouse has brick stacks. Originally built with a central-staircase hall plan, it features two rooms in depth and was extended to the side. The original 18th-century section facing the front has two storeys and two windows, located to the right of a two-storey, three-window 19th-century extension. The older part has a four-panel door beneath a painted, keyed round arch. To the right is a 16-pane sash window, and to the left a two-light, 12-pane horizontal-sliding sash with a painted, keyed flat arch. A large-pane casement window is on the left side of the first floor, and a two-light, large-pane horizontal-sliding sash is on the right, both with painted keyblock arches and painted sills. End stacks are present. The 19th-century extension has two 16-pane sashes on the ground floor and two on the first floor, with a tall, unequal, 15-pane sash at the right end. All windows have painted grooved and hammered wedge lintels and painted stone sills. There is a stack on the left end. The rear of the house features a two-storey, three-window 18th-century section and a two-storey, two-window 19th-century section on the right. The 18th-century section has 24-pane sashes on the ground floor, an inserted top-opening light at the centre of the first floor, a 16-pane sash to the left, and a two-light, large-pane horizontal-sliding sash to the right. All windows have painted flat arches with keyblocks and painted sills. A yard bell is at the right end. The 19th-century section has a panelled door beneath a blocked overlight, and 16-pane sashes on both floors. The right return features a six-panel door with a divided fanlight beneath a painted keyed round arch. A two-light, large-pane casement is set in the gable end, beneath a keyed flat arch. Inside the original 18th-century section, a closed-string, dogleg staircase has a Chinese Chippendale balustrade and a ramped-up moulded handrail. A dado rail survives in the room to the right of the front door, along with an original corner chimney-piece with a plain surround and moulded shelf, although these have been altered. Ground-floor doors, shutters, and window recesses have raised and fielded panelling. The 19th-century section has a closed-string, dogleg staircase with reeded balusters, turned newels, and a moulded handrail ramped up to landings. The kitchen contains a segment-arched fireplace with a complete Yates of Malton range. All doors and shutters here also feature raised and fielded panelling.