Former Stables About 23 Metres South East of Orchard Dene is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1987. Stables.
Former Stables About 23 Metres South East of Orchard Dene
- WRENN ID
- distant-bracket-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1987
- Type
- Stables
- OS grid reference
- TQ 732 474
- Coordinates
- 51.20029, 0.47837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a former stable located about 23 metres south-east of Orchard Dene, dating from the late 18th century. It features a ground floor constructed of red and grey brick in Flemish bond, while the first floor is weatherboarded. The roof is made of plain tiles and has a half-hipped design with a moulded fillet under the half hips. The front elevation has a regular arrangement of two windows, which are semi-circular two-light windows, along with two Diocletian windows on the ground floor. There is a boarded door on the first floor towards the centre of the rear elevation and a central stable door on the ground floor of the front elevation. Orchard Dene itself is not listed.
Local climate
Former Stables About 23 Metres South East of Orchard Dene receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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