Stable Block to Abbey House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1969. Stable block, offices.
Stable Block to Abbey House
- WRENN ID
- western-quartz-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1969
- Type
- Stable block, offices
- Address
- Stable Block to Abbey House, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 499 125
- Coordinates
- 52.70804, -2.74152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable block to Abbey House, dating from the early 18th century, is currently used as offices. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a hipped plain tiled roof. The former stable section on the left includes a doorway with an overlight, flanked by two 2-light wood mullioned and transomed windows. There is also a wide segmentally-arched carriage entrance that has been glazed, with a wood mullioned and transomed window next to it. The building is adorned with a modillion eaves cornice and an overhanging roof, along with moulded stone coping to the plinth and angle quoins.
Local climate
Stable Block to Abbey House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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