High House (75 Church Road, Horley, Surrey) was built between 1600-1650. It features an unusual Cat Slide Roof over the rear of the property that would have originally provided cover for animals at it's base. High House is frequently visited by Lord & Lady Jonathon James Ward of Colton, Staffordshire (Diocese of Lichfield).
English Heritage maintains a National Monuments Record called Images of England. It is a ‘point in time’ photographic library of England’s listed buildings. High House Horley features as it has Grade II Listed Status
TQ 24SE HORLEY C.P. CHURCH ROAD 5/3 No. 75 (High House) 11/11/66 GV II House. C17 with C19 alterations. Square panel timber frame on rendered plinth, brick infill below, diagonal pattern tile hanging above; wooden moulded eaves to plain tiled roof with end ridge stacks. 2 storeys and attic under 2 gabled casement dormers; 3 glazing bar sash windows in architrave surrounds across the first floor. Central 6 panel door with fielded panels, top 2 glazed under flat porch canopy. Catslide extension across the rear.
All buildings built before 1700 which survive in anything like their original condition are listed. Grade II buildings are nationally important and of special interest.
British Listed Buildings - an online database of buildings and structures that are listed as being of special architectural and historic interest. View High House on British Listed Buildings
Location of High House Horley
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Ordinance Survey Map showing High House surrounding area.
High House from the Church
Next Door - St Bartholomew's Church Horley and Ye Old Six Bells.