Former Coach-House and Stable Block to Ashton Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1991. Workshops. 1 related planning application.
Former Coach-House and Stable Block to Ashton Lodge
- WRENN ID
- pitched-alcove-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1991
- Type
- Workshops
- Address
- Former Coach-House and Stable Block to Ashton Lodge, Pedder Lane, PR2 1HL
- OS grid reference
- SD 512 302
- Coordinates
- 53.76597, -2.74032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This former coach-house and stable block was built in 1851 as part of Ashton Lodge. It is now used as workshops. The building is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, and has slate roofs. It comprises three rectangular blocks arranged around a courtyard, located to the north, south, and west.
The three-bay entrance block, facing west, features a projecting, open-pedimented centre with broad pilasters. It has a square-headed archway, two small round-headed windows above, a shield in the pediment, corniced chimneys to either side, and an elaborate wrought-iron weather vane on a stepped pedestal. The outer bays are also pilastered, with three similar windows on each upper floor, a cornice, and a parapet, topped with side chimneys and a hipped roof. The rear elevation mirrors this design but includes an elliptical-headed archway, a pediment panel lettered "E.P. 1851" [Edward Pedder], and large, inserted rectangular openings in the outer bays.
The north range is symmetrical, with a pedimented centre containing a large wagon archway. There are four round-headed windows at ground floor and three circular pitching holes above, on either side of the archway. Some of these windows have been altered. The formerly symmetrical south range, originally featuring a wagon archway and a doorway on each side, has now been modified with various inserted doorways.
The building was constructed by Edward Pedder of Ashton Lodge.
Local climate
Former Coach-House and Stable Block to Ashton Lodge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 17 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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