Ash Lea is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Cottage.
Ash Lea
- WRENN ID
- final-merlon-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ash Lea, Main Street, Long Preston, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SD 830 583
- Coordinates
- 54.02117, -2.25957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ash Lea is a cottage that dates from the late 19th century but has origins in the 17th century. It is constructed of squared rubble with stone dressings and features a stone slate roof. The building has a 20th-century gable entry and is two storeys high with two bays. The former entrance on the left side has a chamfered surround but is now partly blocked to create a 20th-century window with a four-pane fixed light. The central entrance is also blocked with rubble. There are two windows on the ground floor and two on the upper floor, all with plain surrounds and sashes that include glazing bars. A ridge stack is located left of centre, while the right-hand return has a former chimney flue with offsets near the gable, although the stack is now missing. At the rear, there is a 17th-century three-light double chamfered mullioned window on each storey. The interior is not accessible.
Local climate
Ash Lea sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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