Stable Block to Rear of Swan Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1986. Stable block.

Stable Block to Rear of Swan Hotel

WRENN ID
rusted-belfry-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1986
Type
Stable block
Address
Stable Block to Rear of Swan Hotel, Main Street, Aberford, LS25 3AA
OS grid reference
SE 432 372
Coordinates
53.8293, -1.34377
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable block located at the rear of the Swan Hotel is now used as stables and a garage. It likely dates from the late 18th century and has been altered over time. The building is constructed of limestone and features a stone slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan that forms the south and west sides of the inn yard.

The stable block is two storeys high and has four windows on the first floor. The west range includes four stables, with four doorways at ground level; the middle two are fitted with stable doors. Above these, there are four square windows, with the leftmost window blocked and the rightmost filled with a painted signboard that reads: "J. HEATON licensed TO LET POST HORSES Post Hill."

The south range features a segmental-headed wagon doorway in the center, modern garage doors to the right, and a doorway near the junction similar to those in the west range. There is another doorway at the left end that has been altered into a window, along with four square windows on the first floor, with a creeper at the left end possibly covering a fifth window. All windows and stable doors have splayed stone heads, and the building has a hipped roof.

Inside, the stable at the left end of the west range contains an original stall, but the rest of the interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Stable Block to Rear of Swan Hotel receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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