Stable Block and Attached Wall Approx 60 Yards North-West of Close House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1969. Stable block.

Stable Block and Attached Wall Approx 60 Yards North-West of Close House

WRENN ID
muted-passage-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1969
Type
Stable block
OS grid reference
NZ 126 659
Coordinates
54.98774, -1.80423
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable block, dating from the early 18th century and rebuilt in 1779, is located approximately 60 yards north-west of Close House in Heddon-on-the-Wall. Constructed of ashlar with a Welsh slate roof, the rear is partly rebuilt in old brick. The building features three ranges surrounding a courtyard, with a low wall and gateway closing off the south side. It is two storeys high, with the older six-bay rear range showcasing a chamfered plinth and rusticated quoins. The doorways in the second and fifth bays have 'Gibbs' surrounds, and there are four-pane windows in raised surrounds. A wall clock is positioned in the centre of this range.

The symmetrical side ranges are identical, with a flat-topped plinth and no quoins. Each side range has six bays, featuring two segmental-arched carriage doors in the central bays, with oeil-de-boeuf windows above the junction of the arches, flanked by cruciform slits. The outer bays contain doors and windows in raised surrounds. The roofs are hipped, and there is a louvred bell turret located in the centre of the rear range.

On the south side of the yard, there is a low ashlar wall with flat coping, interrupted in the centre by a gateway supported by square rusticated piers.

Local climate

Stable Block and Attached Wall Approx 60 Yards North-West of Close House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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