Stable Block is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. Stable block.
Stable Block
- WRENN ID
- tired-tin-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- Stable block
- Address
- Stable Block, Barkway
- OS grid reference
- TL 387 369
- Coordinates
- 52.01347, 0.01976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable block at Newsells Park, dating from the late 18th century, was likely built for G. Jennings. Constructed from red brick, it features a hipped tiled roof and consists of nine bays, with one storey and an attic. The central section has three segmental arches, with the middle arch leading to a passage, flanked by doors to carriage entrances. Above this is a pediment adorned with dentilled brick sides and reeded panels, along with a clock. A central timber cupola is present, featuring pilastered arcading, a cornice with an ogee head, a ball finial, and a weathervane.
In the outer bays, the left side has a central entrance with a fanlight, flanked by glazing bar sash windows set in shallow reveals with gauged brick flat arched heads. The right side has three stable doors with a central round head, along with two light box dormers and a ridge stack. The rear of the building has three separate hips over projecting coach houses in the centre, with two light casements flanking the central passage, all featuring segmental heads. There are outshut additions to the outer bays and a box dormer on the left side. Attached to the rear right is a separate range extending at right angles, which is also one storey high and includes stable doors, lattice light casements, a plat band on the outer elevation, dentilled brick eaves, and a hipped roof. Newsells Park House itself is not listed.
Local climate
Stable Block 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings