Leys Farmhouse

Leys Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with alterations and extensions from the 18th and early 19th centuries. It is built of coursed squared marlstone rubble with ashlar dressings, featuring thatch and Stonesfield-slate roofs with limestone-ashlar stacks. The building has a three-unit lobby-entry plan that has been extended to form a T-plan. It stands two storeys plus an attic and has a four-window front.

On the front, there is a blocked early 19th-century ashlar porch to the left of centre, which has an arched doorway and a quatrefoil in the gable. To the left, there is an early 19th-century stone-mullioned window with three lights and a label, while the casement to the right also has a label. The extreme right has a blocked doorway that has been converted into a window. On the first floor, the two bays to the right feature two-light casements, and the outer bays have blocked openings. The thatched roof has three ashlar stacks.

The left gable wall displays 17th-century mullioned windows with two and three lights across three floors. The rear of the farmhouse has a central stair projection with a small window beneath a label, and includes a 19th-century slated outshut that contains the current front entrance. A 19th-century rear wing extends from the right end and features leaded stone-mullioned windows, a gable parapet with shaped projecting kneelers, and an ornamental panel in the gable that contains a carved rose within a quatrefoil.

To the right of the main range is a slated structure that is likely mostly from the 19th century and has additional lattice-glazed mullioned windows. A single-storey kitchen from the 18th century projects from the right side of the front and connects to the barn. This kitchen has a large three-light leaded casement and a massive ashlar lateral stack with a brick shaft. The interior has not been inspected, but the early 19th-century alterations may have been carried out by Thomas Rickman.