Game Larder to the Centre of the Service Court at Combermere Abbey is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1986. Game larder.
Game Larder to the Centre of the Service Court at Combermere Abbey
- WRENN ID
- plain-wicket-violet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1986
- Type
- Game larder
- Address
- Game Larder to the Centre of the Service Court at Combermere Abbey, Dodcott Cum Wilkesley
- OS grid reference
- SJ 587 440
- Coordinates
- 52.99256, -2.61571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The game larder located at the center of the service court at Combermere Abbey is an early 19th-century structure, likely designed by Morrison. It is built from whitewashed stretcher bond brick and features a slate roof with lead flashings, topped with a timber lantern at the apex. The building is single storey and has an octagonal shape with a rectangular porch on the eastern side.
The eastern face includes a central porch with a four-centered doorway framed by a stone surround and topped with a Tudor hood mould. The entire building rests on a stone plinth and is capped with a cyma moulded cornice, also with a lead roof. Flanking the porch are a series of two-light cusped headed windows, with the window above the porch being shallower than the others. Similar windows are found on all sides, featuring diamond-patterned lattices made of iron rods. The eaves are deep, and the lantern openings consist of rectangular lights with trefoil heads and cills.
Local climate
Game Larder to the Centre of the Service Court at Combermere Abbey receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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