Ox Leys Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1987. A C18-C19 Farmhouse.
Ox Leys Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- deep-cellar-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Ox Leys Farmhouse, Leppington Lane, Leavening
- OS grid reference
- SE 774 627
- Coordinates
- 54.05461, -0.81783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ox Leys Farmhouse is a house built in the late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed from hammer-dressed sandstone and has a Westmorland slate roof. The central entry has been altered and is now a 12-pane fixed window set beneath a fanlight in a round-arched door-case, which features square-section fluted pilasters. This is flanked by 16-pane sash windows, each with a fixed 8-pane panel below. The first and second floors also have 16-pane sash windows, all with flat brick arches above. The eaves are supported by paired consoles that hold the drainpipe, and the gables have coping with shaped kneelers and end stacks.
Inside, there is a fine open-string staircase with carved tread ends, square-section balusters, and decorative openwork beneath the handrail. The door frames are fluted with rosettes at the corners, and the principal rooms have six fielded-panel doors. The main bedroom features a fluted fire surround that contains a basket grate decorated with swags, and the attic doors have H-L hinges.
Local climate
Ox Leys Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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