Wall and Former Stable to West of Chiddingstone Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. A Georgian Former stable.
Wall and Former Stable to West of Chiddingstone Castle
- WRENN ID
- stark-rubblework-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1975
- Type
- Former stable
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Wall and Former Stable to West of Chiddingstone Castle, Chiddingstone Corner
- OS grid reference
- TQ 497 451
- Coordinates
- 51.18587, 0.14206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a former stable and wall located to the west of Chiddingstone Castle, dating from the early 18th century for the stable and late 18th century for the wall, both of which were altered in the 19th century. The stable is constructed of red brick with grey headers, featuring a lower section of Roman cement with incised lines, sandstone dressings, and a sandstone rear wall. It has a hipped tiled roof and two red brick chimneys at the rear. The main east front is two storeys high with three bays, a central pediment that has a blocked circular opening, and a brick dentil cornice. Ashlar pilasters are present at the ends and in the centre, supporting an elliptical arch with a triple keystone. The front includes one and three inserted mid-19th century casement windows with hood mouldings, along with a central mid-19th century doorcase that also has a hood moulding and a rectangular fanlight.
On the north front, there are two Diocletian windows on the first floor and two early 20th century windows on the ground floor. The rear elevation is made of ashlar and features several window openings, including sash windows. There is a one-storey, one-bay mid-19th century tack room extension to the south, which is ashlar to the north and red brick with grey headers on the other sides. The interior retains two 19th century wood and iron stall partitions and an iron hayrack, along with a six-panelled door, a staggered purlin roof with a lath and plaster partition, and a kingpost roof over the tack room.
Attached to the east is a section of late 18th century ashlar wall that connects the early 18th century stables to Chiddingstone Castle. This wall was heightened in the mid-19th century and extended to the south to form Butler's and Housekeeper's pantries. The one-storey ashlar structure has four casement windows with hood mouldings, along with 20th century casements.
Local climate
Wall and Former Stable to West of Chiddingstone Castle receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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