Upper Leigh Farmhouse

Upper Leigh Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the late 17th century and late 19th century. It is constructed of rubble stone and dressed limestone, topped with a tiled roof and features ashlar or brick stacks. The building has a T-plan layout and is two storeys high with a three-window west front.

The west front includes a chamfered Tudor-arched doorway with a planked door located to the left of the centre. To the left of this door is a three-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement, and to the right is a two-light casement. The cross wing to the right features a three-light mullioned casement. The first floor has raised eaves with two three-light mullioned casements, while the cross wing to the right has a two-light mullioned casement on both the first and attic floors, with coped verges. The left return has a single leaded light window in the attic, and the right return features two-light mullioned casements on the gable end.

The cross wing to the right was extended in 1891 and includes 19th-century two-light mullioned casements on the ground and first floors, along with a 19th-century door to the left and a lateral stone stack with moulded capping. The rear of the farmhouse has a lean-to extension that contains a Tudor-arched doorway, two-light mullioned casements, and similar windows on the rear of the wing and the 17th-century stair turret.

Inside, the farmhouse features a deep chamfered beam with stops and an open fireplace with a deeply chamfered lintel in the kitchen, which is located to the left of the entrance. The cross wing contains a well-preserved late 17th-century dog-leg staircase with turned balusters, closed string, and square newels topped with ball finials. The parlour to the right of the entrance has fitted cupboards with fielded panelled doors and a moulded plaster ceiling cornice. The joinery includes planked doors and six-panel doors within moulded architraves. The roof, dating from the 17th century, has a three-bay structure with cambered collars.

The property was owned by Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 1550 until 1875, when it was acquired by the Seymour family.