Former Postillions House at South-East Corner of Stable Yard is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1983. Postillion's house.

Former Postillions House at South-East Corner of Stable Yard

WRENN ID
pitched-iron-brook
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1983
Type
Postillion's house
Address
Former Postillions House at South-East Corner of Stable Yard, Eaton Park, Eaton and Eccleston
OS grid reference
SJ 414 607
Coordinates
53.14088, -2.8772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Postillion's House, located at the south-east corner of the Stable Yard, was built in 1873 by Alfred Waterhouse for the 3rd Marquis of Westminster. This three-storey building is constructed of buff stone and features a roof made of graded grey slates, which forms a truncated pyramid with dormer gables at the base. The house has two windows and is connected to the Chapel by a two-storey wing that includes an arcaded passage on the lower level.

Notable architectural elements include leaded corner spirelets, two symmetrically placed banded stone chimneys with circular flues (the larger one located to the north), and octagonal corner buttresses. The windows are distinguished by shaped mullions and transoms, along with patterned leaded glazing. There are central half-dormers on the south, east, and north sides, with the southern half-dormer featuring carvings. The west side has two full-dormers, one of which is also carved.

Access to the house from the former Hall is through the chapel narthex and the arcaded passage, while entry from the stable yard is via a porch with a pentice roof. The east side of the building shows evidence of a demolished wing. Designed in a 16th-century chateau style, the house and the Chapel were intended to serve as the northern wing of the former Hall, visible from the garden to the east and the entrance court to the west. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Former Postillions House at South-East Corner of Stable Yard receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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