Leigh Farmhouse

Leigh Farmhouse is a circa 17th-century farmhouse, significantly remodelled and extended in the early to mid 19th century. The building is constructed of local slate rubble, with granite dressings, and the rear of the lower end is rendered. It has a dry slate roof with gabled ends; the lower left end features a lower-pitched hipped roof with a slightly lower ridge and higher eaves. Brick and stone chimney stacks are prominent.

The original farmhouse followed a three-room and through-passage plan, with a rear lateral stack providing heat to the hall and a gable end stack heating the inner room and possibly the chamber above. An unheated wing was added to the front of the higher end, likely in the 18th century, and is now used as a dairy. In the early to mid 19th century, the lower end was rebuilt with a double-depth plan, featuring a two-span hipped roof projecting to the rear, with the lower end of the projection serving as a stable with a loft.

The farmhouse is a long range with a through-passage doorway near the centre, featuring a 19th-century plank door. To the right, a further 19th-century plank door provides access to the hall, above which are two 2-light casements with glazing bars. To the left of the passage is a tall 18-pane stair sash and a 16-pane sash on each floor, all set within segmental stone arches. At the lower left end are stables, with a blocked ground floor window and a door above. The projecting dairy wing is positioned at the higher end to the right, with a gable end and a short narrow wing on its inner face, alongside an open-fronted shelter within the intervening space.

The rear elevation displays a large lateral hall stack with slated set-offs, a three-light hall casement to the left, and two-light casements to the inner roof. Similar casements are situated above. To the right of the stack, the lower end projects, featuring late 19th-century sash windows and a rear doorway to the passage with a plank door and a 20th-century open porch.

Internally, the through passage survives, although the lower end has been rebuilt. The hall contains a rear lateral fireplace with a hollow-chamfered cambered granite lintel and jambs, which appear to have been widened and the jambs moved outward. The house was largely remodelled in the early to mid 19th century and has remained largely unaltered since. Much of the original 19th-century joinery remains, including panelled doors and a dog-leg staircase in the lower end, with stack balusters and a moulded handrail ramped up to turned newels. The dairy wing preserves a slate table and shelves around the walls. The through passage retains its slate floor.