Stableblock at Old Warden Park is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Stableblock. 2 related planning applications.

Stableblock at Old Warden Park

WRENN ID
half-keystone-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1985
Type
Stableblock
OS grid reference
TL 147 442
Coordinates
52.08508, -0.32668
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stableblock and coachhouse at Old Warden Park, built between 1875 and 1878 by Henry Clutton for Joseph Shuttleworth, is now converted to domestic accommodation. It features yellow brick with stone dressings, although the east elevation was rebuilt in the 20th century using red brick. The building has clay tile roofs and is designed in a U-plan, consisting of one storey and attics, with rectangular turrets at the two internal angles. There is an archway at the center of the east block and another archway/tower at the west end of the south wing, reflecting a loosely French Gothic style.

The southwest archway/tower has a square plan, is one storey with attics, and includes angle buttresses, a pierced parapet, and a hipped, almost pyramidal roof. It features a round-headed archway and a semi-octagonal stair turret to the west, which has a three-light mullioned window at the top stage and a pyramidal roof with wrought iron finials.

The east archway has a courtyard elevation with a projecting gable, flanked by buttresses on either side of a segmental arched opening. Above the opening, there is a plank door flanked by single lights, with a three-light window above. In line with this is a circular bellcote topped with a sprocketed conical roof on timber arcading, along with a wrought iron weathervane. The south and east wings have 20th-century windows, while the rest of the building features mullioned or mullion and transom windows.

Local climate

Stableblock at Old Warden Park sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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