High House

High House is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the 15th century, with a rear wing added in the late 16th or early 17th century, mid-18th century additions, and alterations made in 1884 for Sir George Orby Wombwell. The building is constructed of sandstone dressed in deep courses and has 20th-century artificial slate roofs. It has a T-shaped plan, featuring a main range of two storeys and a loft, with two bays. There is a lower two-storey wing to the rear left and a lower two-storey addition set back to the left.

The central entrance has a 20th-century part-glazed door with a narrow overlight, flanked by 20th-century casement windows. The window to the right is partly in the surround of an older window with a relieving arch above. On the first floor, there are 16-pane sash windows, and in the centre, a pointed-arched panel displays the date and ligatured initials of Sir George Orby Wombwell, topped with a unicorn's head. The end stacks are rebuilt in brick, with the right stack surmounting a large stepped external stack.

At the rear, the wing has been doubled in width. The left return features a blocked single-light first-floor window, a 19th-century first-floor window, and a loft window. The right return has a blocked single-light chamfered window with trefoiled cusping behind the external stack. Inside, the rear wall contains a Tudor-arched door surround with ogee and hollow mouldings on high stops, now forming a doorway to the dairy in the rear wing. There is also a deeply-splayed window on the first floor and a circa 1800 cast-iron fire-grate in the bedroom of the left wing. Notably, the site of a deserted medieval village is indicated on the 1:10,000 Ordnance Survey map just north of the farm complex, suggesting that some medieval features may still be present within High House.