Highlea Farmhouse is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 June 1990.
Highlea Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- first-gable-thyme
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1990
- OS grid reference
- NT 465 643
- Coordinates
- 55.86942, -2.85535
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Highlea Farmhouse is a circa 1809 farmhouse, likely designed by Christopher Johnston. It is a 2-storey, 3-bay building with a single-storey service wing attached. The farmhouse is constructed of rusty red sandstone rubble with grey ashlar dressings.
The west elevation features a simple cornice above the openings and eaves course, with a fanlit doorway at the centre. Windows are located in the flanking bays and in each bay under the eaves. The east elevation includes a gabled service wing projecting in the centre; a modern porch has been inserted in the re-entrant angle to the north. Modern additions are present at the ground floor levels of both the north and south gables. An attic window is visible in each elevation to the west, one of which is now blocked.
The windows are sash and case with an 8-pane glazing pattern. The roof is steeply pitched, covered with purple slates, and features swept eaves and ashlar-coped end stacks.
The farmhouse is attributed to Christopher Johnston due to its close resemblance to his designs for Stobshiel Farmhouse of 1809. It is listed at Grade B for its striking colour and variation on a standard farmhouse design.
Local climate
Highlea Farmhouse 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 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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