White Weatherboarded Stable Block at Layer Marney House is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Stable block.

White Weatherboarded Stable Block at Layer Marney House

WRENN ID
twisted-tower-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Stable block
Address
White Weatherboarded Stable Block at Layer Marney House, Wick Road
OS grid reference
TL 927 179
Coordinates
51.82672, 0.79542
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The white weatherboarded stable block at Layer Marney House dates from the 18th century and includes a tackle room with a hay loft above. It features a hipped roof covered with red plain tiles and has a gabled dormer for the hay loft door.

Local climate

White Weatherboarded Stable Block at Layer Marney House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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