Riding School C.10 Metres North of Stables and Coach-House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Riding school/storage building.

Riding School C.10 Metres North of Stables and Coach-House

WRENN ID
slow-buttress-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Riding school/storage building
OS grid reference
NZ 129 220
Coordinates
54.59357, -1.80148
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The riding school, now used as a storage building, is located approximately 10 metres north of the stables and coach-house in Raby Park. It was likely built in the third quarter of the 18th century, possibly by the architect J. Carr. The structure is made of coarse pink sandstone blocks with ashlar dressings and features a concrete-tiled roof. It stands at one high storey and consists of 14 bays.

The south elevation includes projecting stone sills beneath 14 small glazed lights, which have segmental heads set in voussoirs, with a drip mould that runs continuously with the impost blocks. On the right return, there is a high wide segmental-headed arch with voussoirs. The rear of the building has 14 low boarded doors, framed in a manner similar to the south elevation. Inside, the sills of the north doors are approximately 0.8 metres above ground level.

Local climate

Riding School C.10 Metres North of Stables and Coach-House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% 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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