Highlands Farmhouse (EHER 38526)

An early 18th century timber framed house with later alterations. It is faced in red brick and roofed with handmade red clay tiles.

May 1986. Grade II listed. An early 18th century timber framed house, faced in red brick and roofed with handmade red clay tiles. The building is on a 'T-shaped' plan facing West, with a two-storey extension in rear right angle, and a single-storey lean-to extension to right of it. The early 18th century build is two storeys with attics. It has three 18th or 19th century windows in gabled dormers, and central 20th century glazed double doors under a shallow canopy. A joint in the brickwork of the SW corner indicates that originally only the main elevation was bricked, with false quoins, and that the side elevation was bricked later. Internally, there is a large wood-burning hearth in the right ground-floor room, with a blocked aperture for a former bread oven. Most beams are boxed in, but one on the first floor is chamfered with lamb's tongue stops. There are a number of early 19th century cast iron grates, including one on the first floor with side water cisterns and brass taps. <1> See photos <2>.