Highley is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 13 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Highley and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses and farmhouses, many of which are timber framed. The other listed buildings are a church, the remains of a cross in the churchyard, two bridges, and a war memorial.
The remains of the cross are in the churchyard of St Mary's Church. It is in stone on three square steps, and has an elaborately carved base, with heads at the corners, moulding at the top, and a crocketedniche on the east side. The shaft is octagonal.[2][4]
The house was altered at the rear in the 18th century. It is timber framed with infill in brick and plaster, and roughcast at the rear. The house has two storeys, a hall range and a gabled cross-wing. The upper floor and the gable are jettied, the latter supported by buttresses and corner brackets, and with a mouldedbressumer. The windows are casements, and there are blocked oriel windows.[2][5]
A farmhouse, later a private house, a gabled cross-wing was added in the early 17th century, and a single storey extension was added to the rear in about 1980. The house is timber framed with brick infill and has a tile roof. There are two storeys, and it contains casement windows. The upper floor of the gable end is jettied and has a mouldedbressumer.[6]
A farmhouse that is partly timber framed, and partly in brick and stone, and with a tile roof. There are two storeys and three bays, and the windows are casements.[7]
A vicarage, later a private house, it was altered and extended in about 1750, and again later. The house is timber framed, largely rendered, with rebuilding in brick at the rear, and with a tile roof. There are two storeys and a basement, and a cruciform plan. The two-storey porch and an end gable are jettied, both with mouldedbressumers. The windows vary, and include mullioned and transomed windows, sashes, casements, and lunettes, and there is a two-storey cantedbay window.[8]
The bridge carries a road over the Borle Brook. It is in stone and consists of a single segmental arch. The bridge has keyblocks and plain parapets.[11]
A stone farmhouse with a hippedslate roof, two storeys and five bays. The central bay projects forward and has a pediment containing an oeil-de-boeuf window. The other windows are sashes with bracketed hoods, and in the centre is a porch with Doric pillars.[12]
The war memorial is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church. It is in sandstone with a wheel head in the style of a Celtic cross. The memorial has a tapering shaft on a rusticated base on a stepped platform. On the shaft is a carved sword and an inscription, and on the base is a limestone plaque with an inscription and the names of those lost in the First World War. On the east side is an inscription relating to the Second World War and the names of those lost.[15]
