Highfields, Buerton Explained

Highfields
Map Width:250
Coordinates:52.9654°N -2.4855°W
Location:Buerton, Cheshire, England
Gbgridref:SJ 674 409
Built:1615
Built For:Dodds family
Designation1:Grade I

Highfields is a small country house in the civil parish of Buerton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

The house is dated 1615. It was built for the Dod family and additions were made in 1750 by William Baker, and again in 1897. It is timber-framed on an ashlar plinth with rendered infill and a plain tiled roof. The house consists of two storeys with an attic. The front elevation has five bays which are symmetrically disposed with projecting gabled wings on both sides. Both floors have close-studded walling with a middle rail. The first floor is jettied, as are the gables of the two lateral wings.

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