Alton Manor and Attached Stable Range to North East is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Country house.
Alton Manor and Attached Stable Range to North East
- WRENN ID
- weathered-storey-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1986
- Type
- Country house
- Address
- Alton Manor and Attached Stable Range to North East, Wirksworth Road, Idridgehay and Alton
- OS grid reference
- SK 282 510
- Coordinates
- 53.05559, -1.57992
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alton Manor and the attached stable range to the northeast is a small country house built between 1846 and 1847 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The building is constructed from ashlar gritstone, rising from a shallow plinth, and features coped gables, moulded kneelers, tall ashlar ridge stacks with octagonal shafts, and a concrete tiled roof, which was originally stone slated. The house has an irregular 'L' plan and is designed in the Elizabethan style, comprising two storeys and attics.
The southeast elevation has a gabled southwest end and includes a porch at the angle. It features a four-centred arched head to a moulded doorway, with decorated spandrels and a panelled door. Above the doorway is a stepped hoodmould and a coat of arms above the archway. There is a pointed oriel window above the doorway, and an octagonal tower with a pierced parapet above that. The windows are tall and have mullions and transoms.
On the southwest (garden) elevation, there is an advanced gable at the northwest end, a canted two-storey bay with a crenellated parapet, and grotesque spouts. A continuous stringcourse runs along this elevation, and there is a single gabled dormer above a mullioned and transomed window. The southeast end features an advanced bay.
The adjoining stable range to the northeast is also two storeys high and has a gabled entrance bay leading to the yard. This entrance features a moulded four-centred archway at the northeast corner, along with an ogee cupola that has lead covering and blind semi-circular headed lights.
Local climate
Alton Manor and Attached Stable Range to North East receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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