Stable Block at the Old Stables is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Stable block.
Stable Block at the Old Stables
- WRENN ID
- watchful-jade-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Stable block
- OS grid reference
- TL 249 068
- Coordinates
- 51.74679, -0.19079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable block at The Old Stables, formerly part of Woodside Place, dates from the mid to late 18th century and is now used as a workshop. It is constructed of red brick with vitrified headers and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys and is designed with a three-window centre and projecting two-window end blocks, the right end of which was built higher in the 20th century. The centre section has three shallow relieving arches on the ground floor, flanked by 8/8-pane sash windows beside a central entrance. The first floor features arches with 4/4-pane sashes. The central bay slightly projects and has an open-pedimented gable that includes a clock in a moulded stone surround. There is a first-floor sill band with a stone cymatium. Inside, the stable block retains original arched partitions with moulded wooden piers, and the south side includes original feed boxes.
Local climate
Stable Block at the Old Stables 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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