Highgates Cottages (EHER 29058)

House, now three dwellings. Early 15th century or earlier with later additions and alterations.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Highgates. <1> Highgates is an early 16th century hall house with central hall, solar and buttery wings. There is a slightly later additional wing on the north-west; further additions in the 18th century. Grade 2. <2> <3> Nos 1, 2 and 3 (Highgates Cottages) (formerly listed as Highgates). House, now three dwellings. Early 15th century or earlier with later additions and alterations. RCHM 5. Grade II. <4> March 1975. Field visit. Highates, now four cottages, is in a poor state of repair and not outstanding. See photograph. <5> 2003. Survey. Nos 2 and 3 Highgates represent the former open hall and parlour/solar of an early 15th century double crosswing house. Typical close stud walling with a coupled rafter crown post roof. The frames of a louvre over the cross quadrate crown post survives. The hall window (N) is a 17th century bay window. The parlour cross wing was originally double jettied (N and W), jetty survives within later extension. Structural evidence confirms that the crosswings and open hall were contemporary builds. The high end has been extended by the addition of a stair tower. The function of the rear extension is unclear, but may have been another stair tower or garderobe. To front is a new parlour block, jettied to the east, with glazed mullion windows, plastered ceilings, heated room, all suggestive of the late 16th century. Local research has identified the buildings use as a nunnery of the Order of Poor Clares. <6> See also: <7>