The Old Star is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. Farmhouse, public house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Star
- WRENN ID
- swift-crypt-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse, public house
- Address
- The Old Star, Main Street, East Keswick, LS17 9EJ
- OS grid reference
- SE 361 443
- Coordinates
- 53.89395, -1.45214
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Star is a farmhouse that has been altered to serve as a public house, dating from the early to mid-19th century, and is known to have been a public house since 1822. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a Welsh blue-slate roof. The building has a two-cell direct-entry plan leading into the first cell and stands two storeys tall.
On the first floor, there are three windows. The doorway is topped with a lintel that has incised voussoirs and is flanked by canted-bay windows, which were likely added during its conversion to an inn. These windows have plinths and projecting stone sills, with timbered windows and a cornice above. The first-floor windows have projecting sills, with the central window being blind, which likely once held the inn sign before it was replaced by a modern swinging sign. The building also features added wooden eaves and a bracketed cornice that supports the gutter, along with gable stacks. The Old Star is a prominent feature within the village.
Local climate
The Old Star receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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