Paradise Farmhouse and Attached Stable is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. Farmhouse.
Paradise Farmhouse and Attached Stable
- WRENN ID
- tall-steeple-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Paradise Farmhouse and Attached Stable, Nabb Lane, Alton
- OS grid reference
- SK 074 415
- Coordinates
- 52.9712, -1.88993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Paradise Farmhouse and attached stable is a farmhouse and stable built in the mid-18th century, with a 19th-century extension. The structure is made of red brick, featuring an ashlar plinth and dressings, as well as rusticated ashlar quoins of unequal length. The extension is also made of ashlar. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has coped verges on shaped kneelers, along with brick integral end stacks.
The building has a T-shaped plan, with the main range aligned northeast to southwest and facing southeast. It consists of two parallel rear wings aligned northwest to southeast, with the southwest wing dating from the 19th century. The stable is attached to the northwest end of the main range and follows the same alignment.
The farmhouse has two storeys and a gable-lit attic, featuring a storey band. It has two bays with two-light chamfer mullioned windows that contain iron casements. The ground floor left window has been widened to the left but still retains its mullions, while there is an additional single-light window on the ground floor right. The central door has a raised surround and a raised keystone.
The stable has large double doors. Each gable of the house features a two-light chamfer mullioned attic window, although the right-hand gable window is blocked. The northwest rear wing includes a three-light chamfer mullioned window on the first floor facing northwest.
Local climate
Paradise Farmhouse and Attached Stable receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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