Highfield House
HIGHFIELD HOUSE, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1258374
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Highfield House
- Statutory Address:
- HIGHFIELD HOUSE, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1258374
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jul-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Highfield House
- Statutory Address 1:
- HIGHFIELD HOUSE, CHURCH LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- HIGHFIELD HOUSE, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- Hart (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Heckfield
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 72213 60451
Details
SU 76 SW HECKFIELD CHURCH LANE
1/42 Highfield House
8.7.52 - II*
Early C18, late C18. A large house with 3 imposing symmetrical facades, having a continuous blocking course and cornice; the north front is of 3 storeys, the west and south of 2 storeys (by later alteration). Red tile hipped roofing. The north front of 3 windows (a coupled window in the middle of the 2nd floor) has colourwashed brickwork in Flemish bond, a plinth, and stone dressings to window openings (lead, side bands, cill to 2nd floor, cornice on brackets, architraves, cills on brackets to 1st and ground-floor). Sashes in exposed frames. Mid C19 Bath stone porch with arched windows in side walls, ending as pilasters, 2 columns in antis, all in a Doric order, a plain architrave to the doorway which is flanked by narrow windows. The west front has 3.3.3 windows, the outer groups being within segmental bows; the cornice is deepened by a frieze and thin architrave band, there are rubbed flat arches to openings in the brick walling, sashes in reveals with ground-floor cills at plinth level; a central arched (glazed) doorway with ornamental fanlight within a rectangular frame. The south front has a slightly projecting centre with a deep 3-bay Ionic portico (with coupled outer columns), tall French windows; the outer units have a circular recess within a square opening at the 1st floor, at the ground floor this becomes a niche (west side) with an urn (the east side being altered by an inserted window below a roundel), light 3 sash windows above the portico.
Listing NGR: SU7236960652
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 136758
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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