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Highfields is a small Grade I listedStructure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection. country house in the civil parishSmallest administrative unit in England. of Buerton, Cheshire.[1] The Highfields Estate is first documented in 1553, when it was in the possession of Hugh Chester of Shropshire. Since then it has passed through the hands of several local families. It is currently in the ownership of the Baker family, which has held the property on and off since 1736.[2]
Dated 1615, Highfields was built for William Dod. It was added to by the architect William Baker in 1750, and again in 1897. The timber-framed house sits on an ashlarMasonry of squared and finely cut or worked stone, commonly used for the facing of a building. plinth, with rendered infill and a plain tiled roof.[1]
The house consists of two storeys and an attic. The front elevation has five bays, arranged symmetrically 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.[1]