Stables to North West of Waterside Preparatory School is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. A C18 Stable. 7 related planning applications.

Stables to North West of Waterside Preparatory School

WRENN ID
small-bastion-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Stable
Address
Stables to North West of Waterside Preparatory School, Hassobury Estate, Farnham, CM23 1JR
OS grid reference
TL 484 251
Coordinates
51.90537, 0.15717
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

An 18th-century red brick stable building stands to the north-west of Waterside Preparatory School, within the Farnham Hassobury Estate. The building is two storeys high and has a four-window range of three-light casement windows on its south front. The roof is tiled, with two gabled dormers on the south side. A central, square, weather-boarded clock turret rises above the roof, featuring clock faces on both the south and north sides, and topped with a pyramid roof.

Local climate

Stables to North West of Waterside Preparatory School sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 7 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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