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
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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

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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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