Courtyard and Orchard Walls in Front of Stable Block is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Wall.

Courtyard and Orchard Walls in Front of Stable Block

WRENN ID
fallen-entrance-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Wall
Address
Courtyard and Orchard Walls in Front of Stable Block, Hunstanworth
OS grid reference
NY 948 491
Coordinates
54.83691, -2.08095
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The courtyard and orchard walls in front of the stable block are constructed from thin courses of sandstone rubble and feature rounded coping. The walls include two square piers, each with two top chamfers.

Local climate

Courtyard and Orchard Walls in Front of Stable Block sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Stable Block of Former Vicarage Grade II 10 m
  2. Former Vicarage with Terrace Retaining Wall and Steps Grade II 28 m
  3. Church of St James Grade II* 102 m
  4. Walls, Piers and Gates Enclosing Yard of Church of St James Grade II 109 m
  5. Corner Cottage Mansion Cottage Grade II 111 m
  6. South View Cottage the Cottage Grade II 117 m
  7. Walls and gate in front of Hunstanworth Farm and farmhouse Grade II 119 m
  8. Tower in Churchyard of Church of St James Grade II 121 m
  9. Hunstanworth Farm North Range Grade II 122 m
  10. Walls on North Side of Village Street in Front of South View, Woodside Cottage, The Cottage, Mansion Cottage, Corner Cottage and the Vicarage, with Gate Piers and Gates Grade II 128 m