Former Stable Block Adjoining Acton Reynald School to North East is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1986. School.
Former Stable Block Adjoining Acton Reynald School to North East
- WRENN ID
- gilded-trefoil-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1986
- Type
- School
- OS grid reference
- SJ 534 232
- Coordinates
- 52.80503, -2.69136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former stable block, now used as school buildings, dates from 1840 and is possibly designed by E. Haycock. It is constructed from tooled grey sandstone ashlar and features slate roofs. The building has a square courtyard plan and is designed in the Neo-Tudor style, with one and two storeys. Notable architectural details include a chamfered plinth, moulded string courses, a parapet with moulded coping, and parapeted gables that have moulded copings and small globe finials.
The east front consists of two bays, three bays, and two bays, with chamfered stone-mullioned windows that have cast-iron lattice casements. The central gatehouse has three bays and a central gabled break, which features half-octagonal piers topped by carved horses' heads flanking a large continuously-moulded Tudor archway. This archway contains a pair of large four-panelled doors and is topped by a large carved Corbet coat of arms.
At the top of the building is a tall central octagonal wooden cupola with a lead-sheathed base, louvred round-arched openings with imposts, and an ogee lead dome topped with a globe finial and weathervane. The gable ends have first-floor stepped mullioned and transomed windows, along with small integral stone stacks. The flanking low ranges feature pairs of gables and stepped mullioned and transomed windows. The south range has nine windows and three gables, which alternate with large fleurs-de-lys on the parapet. The west end of the north range is canted with a gable.
Inside the courtyard, the gatehouse displays a shield dated "ACV/1840". The one-storey west range is supported on cast iron columns at the front and was formerly open but is now enclosed.
Local climate
Former Stable Block Adjoining Acton Reynald School to North East 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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