Stable Range to South of Harperbury Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1998. Stable range.

Stable Range to South of Harperbury Hospital

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1998
Type
Stable range
Address
Stable Range to South of Harperbury Hospital, Harper Lane, St. Stephen
OS grid reference
TL 174 012
Coordinates
51.69789, -0.30203
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable range located to the south of Harperbury Hospital is a rectangular building constructed in the late 19th century to early 20th century, designed in the Arts and Crafts style. Its exterior features roughcast walls and graduated slate roofs, which are half-hipped at the end bays. The entrance is marked by a pyramidal roof topped with a finial. The building has overhanging eaves with projecting rafters and cast iron gutters supported by large curved brackets.

This single-storey structure has a symmetrical entrance range, highlighted by a wide, round-arched entrance flanked by bays of small-pane windows with red-tiled ledges, separated by battered buttresses. To the left of the entrance, there is a door. The slightly projecting end bays also feature similar windows set under relieving arches. The returns of the building maintain the same style, showcasing slate-clad hay-lofts and gabled louvres. The courtyard facades are made of pale yellow stock brick, accented with red brick dressing around the cambered arch stable doors that have strap hinges. The roofs include louvres, and the stable interiors are constructed of brick with timber-lined roofs.

Local climate

Stable Range to South of Harperbury Hospital sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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