Stables Behind 2 Houses That Are Opposite Shepherds Barn is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. Stables, granary, barn.
Stables Behind 2 Houses That Are Opposite Shepherds Barn
- WRENN ID
- pitched-eave-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- Stables, granary, barn
- Address
- Stables Behind 2 Houses That Are Opposite Shepherds Barn, Church Street, Skillington
- OS grid reference
- SK 898 258
- Coordinates
- 52.82228, -0.668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building consists of stables, a granary, and a barn, dating from the late 18th century and altered in the 20th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and has pantile roofs. The structure is two storeys high with a five-bay front, where the right-hand end has three taller bays built differently. There are doors and windows in 20th-century openings, including two stable doors and a glazing bar fixed light under timber lintels. On the first floor, there are two two-light openings, a planked door, and a boarded opening, all located at the eaves. Additionally, there is one vertical breather slot. This building is included for its group value only.
Local climate
Stables Behind 2 Houses That Are Opposite Shepherds Barn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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