Former stable block circa 55 metres north east of Preston Tower (new) is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Stable block.
Former stable block circa 55 metres north east of Preston Tower (new)
- WRENN ID
- gentle-truss-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Stable block
- Address
- Former stable block circa 55 metres north east of Preston Tower (new), NE67 5DH
- OS grid reference
- NU 184 254
- Coordinates
- 55.52256, -1.70898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former stable block, located approximately 55 metres northeast of Preston Tower, was built around 1802 for Edmund Craster and extended around 1860. This Grade II listed structure features dressed stone with a Welsh slate roof and brick chimneys, arranged in an L-plan over two storeys.
The long wing on the left consists of nine bays, with the first four bays being the 1860 addition. This section includes sash windows on the ground floor and 20th-century casements above. Bays five and six feature segmental carriage arches with boarded double doors above, and between them is an oval panel displaying a raven and the inscription: EDMD CRASTER/1802.
To the right, there is a three-bay stable with a boarded door and flanking twelve-pane sash windows, along with five six-pane sashes on the first floor. The short wing projecting on the right has three bays, with two boarded doors and a twelve-pane sash on the ground floor, and three six-pane sashes above.
The long range has a gabled roof on the left, complete with a kneeler, ridged coping, and three corniced ridge stacks with two conjoined shafts. The short range features a hipped roof on the right. On the right return, there is a dovecote with four small pigeon holes in a stone screen, and a lintel above is dated 1803.
At the rear, there is a lean-to cartshed supported by four square piers and lintels.
Local climate
Former stable block circa 55 metres north east of Preston Tower (new) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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