Hercules Farmhouse and Attached Stables is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1997. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Hercules Farmhouse and Attached Stables
- WRENN ID
- eternal-bonework-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1997
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Hercules Farmhouse and Attached Stables, Henley Road, Claverdon, CV35 8LJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 193 650
- Coordinates
- 52.28323, -1.71721
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hercules Farmhouse and attached stables is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the 17th century, with later additions and alterations. It features a timber-framed structure with some plaster infill, a painted brick front facade, and a plain-tile roof. The layout is probably a three-unit plan with a cross-wing and an additional gabled section that projects forward to the right, along with a stable on the left.
The exterior includes a single-storey, two-unit range on the left with an attic in part, and one-and-a-half gabled storeys, alongside a two-unit range on the right. The central entrance has a plank door, with another similar entrance off-centre to the left. The stable entrance on the far left features plank split doors beneath an elliptical arch. The ground floor has, from left to right, two 2-light casement windows followed by two 3-light casement windows, all under elliptical arches and with sills. On the upper level, there is a 2-light casement window in the attic dormer, a skylight, and a 3-light casement window in each gable, also under elliptical arches with sills. The left range has a modillion eaves band, and the roofs are gabled. There is a right external stack and a cluster of three central internal stacks. The right gable end and the rear of the right wing display exposed square panels of timber-framing.
Inside, it is believed that the internal walls have exposed timber-framing, with chamfered beams and exposed rafters on the ceilings. The sitting room features an inglenook fireplace with a bressumer beam and a bacon cupboard to one side. The dining room has a blocked inglenook fireplace with a bressumer beam. On the first floor, the main bedroom is thought to have cruck wall timbers and ceiling beams, along with further exposed timber-framing.
Local climate
Hercules Farmhouse and Attached Stables receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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- 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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