Stables to Number 20 Including Cobbled Yard is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1971. Stables.

Stables to Number 20 Including Cobbled Yard

WRENN ID
eternal-string-bone
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 December 1971
Type
Stables
Address
Stables to Number 20 Including Cobbled Yard, East St Helen Street, Abingdon on Thames
OS grid reference
SU 497 969
Coordinates
51.6693, -1.28167
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stables to Number 20, which include a cobbled yard, are a 17th-century building located on the southeast side of East St Helen Street. The structure is built from chequered brick and features a tile roof. It stands two storeys high and has a central pediment above a blocked circular linette. The facade includes a pattern of three windows, one window, and three more windows, all with flat brick arches and modern glazing.

There is a central flat carriage arch, with modern garages to the left on the ground floor. To the right, there are three flat-arched sash windows with glazing bars. A projecting section to the right has two windows, one of which is blocked, and a double-hung sash window with glazing bars. The building also has two doors; one features a blocked fanlight with a keystone and impost bands, while the other has a rectangular three-light fanlight. The cobbled yard adds to the character of the property.

The stables are part of a group that includes Nos. 2 to 60 (even).

Local climate

Stables to Number 20 Including Cobbled Yard 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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