Shippon Stable and Cartshed 10 Metres South East of Poplar Tree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Farmbuilding.

Shippon Stable and Cartshed 10 Metres South East of Poplar Tree Farmhouse

WRENN ID
drifting-rubble-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 December 1985
Type
Farmbuilding
OS grid reference
SJ 494 742
Coordinates
53.2628, -2.75869
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a farm structure, specifically a shippon, stable, and cartshed, located 10 metres southeast of Poplar Tree Farmhouse. It dates from around 1800 and is constructed of coursed rubble sandstone and brown brick. The roof has been replaced with corrugated asbestos. The building is L-shaped; the right wing features a pitching eye for the hayloft in the gable and two more on the left side. The left wing, made of stone and brick, includes external stone steps in the corner. The doors and casements have been altered at various times, but these changes remain in keeping with the building's character. It is listed for its group value.

Local climate

Shippon Stable and Cartshed 10 Metres South East of Poplar Tree Farmhouse receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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