Stable Block and Attached Wall and Gateway at the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1986. Stable block.

Stable Block and Attached Wall and Gateway at the Old Rectory

WRENN ID
woven-niche-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 November 1986
Type
Stable block
Address
Stable Block and Attached Wall and Gateway at the Old Rectory, Old Melton Road, Plumtree
OS grid reference
SK 614 330
Coordinates
52.89163, -1.08819
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable block and attached wall and gateway at the Old Rectory, now used as a garage and store, dates from the early 19th century. It features a rendered exterior over red brick with ashlar dressings and has a hipped slate roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of ten bays. There are two large three-centred arched doorways with plank double doors. To the right, there is a single casement window, followed by a domestic doorway, another single casement, another domestic doorway, two casements, a domestic doorway, and a final single casement. Above these, there are five casement windows, all of which have iron Gothick glazing bars. The domestic doorways are framed with plank doors and ashlar surrounds. Projecting from the right side is a stepped ashlar coped brick wall that includes a large carriage archway.

Local climate

Stable Block and Attached Wall and Gateway at the Old Rectory 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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