North Stableblock Approximately 100 Metres East of Woburn Abbey is a Grade I listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1961. A Georgian Stableblock.
North Stableblock Approximately 100 Metres East of Woburn Abbey
- WRENN ID
- hushed-postern-sienna
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1961
- Type
- Stableblock
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SP 966 325
- Coordinates
- 51.9831, -0.59416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The North Stableblock, located approximately 100 metres east of Woburn Abbey, is a Grade I listed stableblock that was built around 1750 by Henry Flitcroft for John, the 4th Duke of Bedford. This stableblock forms a pair with another stableblock situated about 75 metres to the south. Originally, both structures flanked the entrance to the main east front of Woburn Abbey, which has since been demolished. The building is constructed of ashlar stone and features hipped slate roofs.
Originally designed as a two-storeyed quadrangular building, part of the northeast angle was demolished between 1949 and 1950, resulting in a single-storeyed structure in that section. The west elevation, facing the house, has a symmetrical five-bay facade. The central bay features a triangular pediment supported by engaged paired Tuscan columns, framing a round-arched recess. Above this bay is an octagonal drum and dome, with Diocletian windows on all sides of the drum. The outer bays are slightly projecting pavilions that contain Venetian windows on the ground floor and Diocletian windows on the first floor. The intervening bays each have three sashes with glazing bars on both floors.
The south elevation also has a symmetrical five-bay facade. The outer pavilions mirror those on the west elevation. The central bay features paired Tuscan pilasters flanking a round-headed carriage arch. The intervening ranges consist of five windows each, with round-headed sash windows with glazing bars on the ground floor and oculi with glazing bars on the first floor.
At the northwest and southeast angles, there are two stretches of ashlar screen wall, which are possibly additions from around 1790 by Henry Holland. The northwest stretch originally connected the stableblock to the northeast angle of the house and features raised rectangular panels separated by pilaster strips. The southeast wall includes rusticated piers at the angles. The stableblock has been converted for commercial use.
Local climate
North Stableblock Approximately 100 Metres East of Woburn Abbey sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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