South Stable Block and Wall Attached to East with Mounting Block and Gate Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. Stable block.

South Stable Block and Wall Attached to East with Mounting Block and Gate Piers

WRENN ID
woven-quoin-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1966
Type
Stable block
OS grid reference
SE 327 131
Coordinates
53.61355, -1.50573
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The South Stable Block, along with an attached wall featuring a mounting block and gate piers, is a structure dating from around 1810, designed by Thomas Taylor for Godfrey W. Wentworth. Originally built as stables, it now serves as accommodation for a residential college. The building is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and ashlar, with the roof not visible. It faces the North Stable Block across a courtyard.

The stable block is two stories high with an 11-bay symmetrical facade. It has a plinth, and the central three bays, made of ashlar, project slightly and feature semicircular arches that have been converted into windows, with the voussoirs aligned to the stone courses. The flanking bays contain doorways with glazed overlights and three 16-pane sash windows, each with lintels and sills. The facade is finished with a frieze, cornice, and blocking course.

To the right of the stable block, there is a wall that ends in a gate pier, which exhibits banded rustication and has a curved ashlar coping. The mounting block at the front consists of a double flight of five stone steps that follow the curve of the wall, with an arched dog-kennel situated underneath.

Local climate

South Stable Block and Wall Attached to East with Mounting Block and Gate Piers receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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