Highfield is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 December 1988. Farmhouse.

Highfield

WRENN ID
steep-paling-dawn
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 December 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Highfield, EH39 5JG
OS grid reference
NT 543 829
Coordinates
56.03736, -2.73381
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Highfield is a farmhouse built in the earlier to mid 19th century, with later additions. It has a two-storey rectangular plan and features classical detailing. The exterior is made of squared and coursed Rattlebag stone, with ashlar dressings, a raised base, band courses, and rusticated quoins on the south side. The main house has a moulded eaves cornice.

On the south elevation, the main front is symmetrical with three bays. There is an advanced porch at the center, which has rusticated quoins, an architraved and corniced door, and narrow lights on either side. To the right, there is a recessed addition with altered openings at the ground level.

The north elevation includes a full-height canted bay that has been added to the outer right of the original house. The west elevation has two bays, with tripartite windows on the left bay at both floors and single lights on the right bay. There is also a single-storey piend-roofed addition on the east side.

The windows predominantly feature 12-pane glazing, with some 4-pane and plate glass in the sash and case windows. The ashlar end stacks have moulded coping and retain their original cans. The roofs are slated and piended.

Inside, much of the original interior detail has been preserved.

Local climate

Highfield receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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