Stableblock at Park House is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. Stableblock.
Stableblock at Park House
- WRENN ID
- fossil-gateway-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- Stableblock
- Address
- Stableblock at Park House, Normanton
- OS grid reference
- SK 935 064
- Coordinates
- 52.64729, -0.61854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable block at Park House was built around 1825 by Thomas Cundy, Senior and Junior for the Heathcote family. It is constructed from coursed rubble stone and features a plinth, quoins, and stone dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof that has an ashlar parapet and a central tower. The building has a U-shaped plan and is designed in a classical style, with one and one-and-a-half storeys.
The symmetrical design surrounds three sides of a quadrangle, with the two opposing sides being mirror images of each other, each featuring a door, two 2-light casements, another door, and two more 2-light casements. The lintels throughout the building have keystones, and the door lintels are triple, with rusticated door jambs.
The central range is symmetrical about its midpoint, with the left half containing a door, a 2-light double door in a slightly projecting section, and above it at eaves level, a fanlight within a moulded pediment. This section also includes another door and two 2-light windows. The central area features a slightly projecting section with three double doors under a large moulded pediment, which has a loft door within a round arch.
Above the pediment, there is a two-stage tower topped with a small cupola, ball, and weathervane. The first stage has a painted and gilded clock face with Roman numerals and a bull's eye window in the center. The upper stage is open with an arch on each side. Each wing arm has a pedimented end with a fanlight within a larger blank arch. The building also includes dormers and extensions to the rear of the central section. Originally, this stable block served Normanton Park, which was demolished in the late 1940s.
Local climate
Stableblock at Park House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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