Rookwoods, Stable Block Approximately 30 Metres North West of House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Stable block.

Rookwoods, Stable Block Approximately 30 Metres North West of House

WRENN ID
weathered-sill-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1984
Type
Stable block
OS grid reference
TL 775 349
Coordinates
51.98462, 0.58439
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rookwoods is a stable block built around 1887, located approximately 30 metres north-west of the main house. It is constructed of red brick featuring fine moulded brickwork and has a grey slate roof that is hipped to the west, along with a red brick chimney. The east face of the building is ornate and symmetrical, showcasing a central pediment with a Dutch gable. It is flanked by four pilasters that have moulded and enriched capitals topped with stone ball finials. The plinth also features moulded brickwork, and there are flower vase panels between the pilasters at ground floor level. Above, a band with swag decoration runs along the eaves, with fleuron panels to the left and right. The central circular window includes glazing bars and has a swag panel above it, while the moulded and dentilled pediment is enriched with an egg and dart motif and fleuron panels, topped with a weathervane finial. The south face has two semi-circular headed windows with glazing bars set in rectangular recessed moulded panels, along with two vertically boarded doors in moulded surrounds. To the west, there is a small single-storey extension with a red tiled roof hipped to the left, featuring a stable door and a two-light small paned vertically sliding sash window. This stable block is noted for its particularly good example of moulded brickwork in the Queen Anne style.

Local climate

Rookwoods, Stable Block Approximately 30 Metres North West of House 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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