Outer Stable Block, Barn and Attached Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1987. Stable block, barn and ancillary buildings.

Outer Stable Block, Barn and Attached Buildings

WRENN ID
patient-wattle-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 January 1987
Type
Stable block, barn and ancillary buildings
Address
Outer Stable Block, Barn and Attached Buildings, Calke
OS grid reference
SK 366 227
Coordinates
52.80089, -1.45736
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Outer Stable Block, Barn, and Attached Buildings in Calke Park are early 19th-century structures, with one range dated 1804. They are built from red brick and topped with plain tile roofs. The buildings feature brick coped gables with plain kneelers and two ridge stacks on the smithy. The complex consists of two L-shaped ranges arranged in sequence, with one and two storey sections. The southern range creates a courtyard alongside the separately listed stable block and riding school.

The south elevation of the smithy showcases two broad basket arches; the left arch contains a door and window, while the right arch has just a window. There are no openings above these arches. To the left, there are three repeated window and door pairs, all with segmental arches. To the right, there is a doorway with a flat arch, a window, and a door featuring segment heads. A two-storey return range extends to the southeast.

On the west elevation, there are four bays alternating between doors and windows, all with segment heads. The rightmost bay projects and is gabled, featuring a blind segment-headed doorway and a circular pitching eye above. The east elevation presents an irregular arrangement of six bays with segment-headed windows, interspersed with four round-arched doorways and four segment-headed shuttered openings above. A datestone inscribed "Novr llth 1804" is also present.

The northern L-range includes a barn on the north side and a single-storey range to the southeast. The east elevation has an irregular arrangement of three windows and doors, all with segment heads. The west elevation, facing the crew yard, features a five-bay colonnade with walls rising to two-thirds height, along with various lean-tos behind the smithy. The barn has tall double doors on the south side and three additional doorways with segmental arches, as well as three tiers of cross breathers. To the north, a full-height cart entrance has been widened in the 20th century, and there are three square pitching openings and three tiers of cross breathers. A stone coped wall encloses the west side of the crew yard.

Local climate

Outer Stable Block, Barn and Attached Buildings receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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