Stable Block at Babworth Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Stable block. 2 related planning applications.
Stable Block at Babworth Hall
- WRENN ID
- burning-mullion-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Bassetlaw MP: Jo White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Stable block
- Address
- Stable Block at Babworth Hall, Babworth Hall Drive, DN22 8EW
- OS grid reference
- SK 687 810
- Coordinates
- 53.32185, -0.96955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable block at Babworth Hall is an early 19th-century structure made of ashlar, render, and red brick, featuring slate roofs that are hipped to the north and west. It has a quadrangle plan and is primarily a single-storey building, with a 1.5-storey cottage located to the east. The stable block is set on an ashlar plinth and has a west side that consists of eight bays, which include six large arched carriage doorways, each with double, panelled wooden doors. These doorways are flanked by single doorways with panelled doors and traceried overlights. The left doorway is blocked. All doorways have rusticated surrounds and arches, each with a keystone. Centrally located is a clock housed in a wooden case.
On the south side, which is rendered, there are seven bays. From right to left, there is a single blocked doorway with a rusticated ashlar splayed lintel, a single segmental glazing bar casement with an ashlar surround and a sill at the same level as the door lintel, another blocked doorway with a similar lintel, another segmental casement and surround, a doorway with a partially glazed panelled door and a similar lintel, another segmental casement and surround, and a final blocked doorway replaced by a 20th-century casement with a similar lintel.
The east side, also rendered, has seven bays with a central rusticated carriage-arch featuring a keystone. To the right, there is a doorway with a panelled door and a rusticated ashlar splayed lintel, flanked by single segmental glazing bar casements with ashlar surrounds. To the left is the 1.5-storey cottage, which has red brick gables where heightened. It features a central doorway with a panelled door and a rusticated and painted splayed ashlar lintel, flanked by single glazing bar sashes with two small sashes above. The north side, rendered, has four single doorways with panelled doors and rusticated splayed ashlar lintels, alternating with three segmental glazing bar casements with ashlar surrounds, with the sills of the casements level with the door lintels.
Local climate
Stable Block at Babworth Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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