Leventhorpe Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1976. Cottage.

Leventhorpe Cottages

WRENN ID
stubborn-hall-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds East MP: Richard Burgon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1976
Type
Cottage
Address
Leventhorpe Cottages, Newsam Green Road Ls26, Swillington, LS26 8AG
OS grid reference
SE 370 299
Coordinates
53.76466, -1.4395
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Leventhorpe Cottages, originally built as stables for Leventhorpe Hall, have been converted and altered into dwellings. The building is dated 1856 on the inner side of the entrance arch and is constructed from magnesian limestone with matching dressings and a slate roof. It is arranged in a U-shape around a courtyard, with a screen wall and entrance arch closing off one side, and a domestic wing attached to the northeast corner.

The structure is single-storey and symmetrical, featuring a semicircular entrance arch with impost bands, a horse-mask keystone, and ornamental cresting at the top. The gabled wings each have pediments, with round-headed windows that break into the pediments and fielded panels flanking the windows. One gable has been rendered below the band and includes an inserted window, while a two-flue chimney is positioned at the apex of the gable.

Inside the courtyard, the main range includes a segmental-headed wagon door on each side, with the right door altered to serve as a window, and a round-headed blind window in the center. Above this, there is a three-stage bell tower featuring an achievement of arms on the first stage, a circular clock face on the second stage, and an octagonal bellcote topped with a cornice, domical roof, and ornamental weather-vane. The wings, including the domestic wing, have impost bands on their round-headed windows and doors. The roofs are low-pitched, with the main range having a hipped roof and the other wings featuring stone coping on the gables.

Local climate

Leventhorpe Cottages receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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