Description

SK 18 SE PARISH OF ASTON THORNHILL LANE
7/3 (North Side)
Highfield Head Farmhouse &
9.1.76 attached outbuilding
II

Farmhouse and outbuilding now all converted to house . C17. Rubble gritstone
with gritstone dressings. Stone slate roof with one stone ridge stack and two
gable end stacks. Two storeys, long house plan. Originally probably single
storeyed, but later raised and with one bay with C19 addition at west end.
South elevation from left to right, ten bays. Bay one set back with C19
casement window to each floor, then a 2-light recessed and chamfered mullion
window with similar above and a similar 4-light window with similar 3-light above.
Bay four with a C20 gabled porch, then a 2-light recessed and chamfered mullion
window with similar 3-light above. Bay six with a segmental-arched cart entrance
now with C20 glazing, then a C20 single storey lean-to projecting forward, then
two more windows to the ground floor set within former doorways and three C20
casement windows above,

Listing NGR: SK1910884194

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380249

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  For the Record
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair