Stable Blocks and Stable Yard Walls Approximately 250 Metres to North West of Basildon House is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. Stable block.
Stable Blocks and Stable Yard Walls Approximately 250 Metres to North West of Basildon House
- WRENN ID
- crooked-banister-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1984
- Type
- Stable block
- OS grid reference
- SU 609 784
- Coordinates
- 51.5013, -1.12272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable blocks and stable yard walls, located approximately 250 metres to the north-west of Basildon House, were built around 1843 under the supervision of C.R. Cockerell. They now serve as a ticket office, toilets, and a house. The structure consists of two ranges made of red and some blue brick, featuring stone and cement dressings, and has slate roofs. The gable ends to the north-east include recessed blank arches and impost bands.
The west range has two stacks and deep overhanging eaves at the centre, forming an L-plan with a taller block to the south-west and a low return wing to the east. It features four large boarded double doors to the right, with a central door flanked by casements that have radiating fanlights. The east range also has two stacks and three almost symmetrical gables, with the central gable being taller and containing a loft door and hoist, while the flanking gables have 2-light casements. This range also follows an L-plan, with a cottage to the right and three large double boarded doors to the left under a pentice roof. To the right, there are two double doors flanked and divided by casements, all featuring radiating fanlights.
The stable yard is enclosed by an entrance wall to the north made of red brick with stone dressings, which includes central gatepiers. There is an arched entrance to the south made of brick with stone impost bands and a keystone, above which is a clock in a stone surround flanked by scrolled volutes.
Local climate
Stable Blocks and Stable Yard Walls Approximately 250 Metres to North West of Basildon House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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