Stable Block Approx 50 Metres South of Abbot's Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1986. Stable block.

Stable Block Approx 50 Metres South of Abbot's Hall

WRENN ID
other-pillar-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1986
Type
Stable block
OS grid reference
TL 730 276
Coordinates
51.92082, 0.51527
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable block, located approximately 50 metres south of Abbot's Hall, was built in the late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building has a rectangular plan facing northeast, with a rear wing on the right side and late 19th-century extensions to the left and center at the back. The main block is two storeys high, while the extensions are one storey.

The front facade has a five-window range of casements, each with six lights, featuring two-centred Gothick heads made of gauged brick and Y-tracery. There is a central plain boarded door with a similar overlight above it. The hipped roof has moulded dentilled eaves and is topped with a round wooden cupola that has an ogival lead roof. Inside the main range, there is an entrance passage and one loose box with a hayloft above, although the left half of the building has been converted into a fives court.

Local climate

Stable Block Approx 50 Metres South of Abbot's Hall 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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