Old Stables, Now Barn at Downs House is a Grade II listed building in the Epsom and Ewell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1974. Stables, barn.

Old Stables, Now Barn at Downs House

WRENN ID
moated-nave-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epsom and Ewell
Constituency
Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 1974
Type
Stables, barn
OS grid reference
TQ 214 580
Coordinates
51.30818, -0.25852
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Stables, now a barn at Downs House, is an 18th-century building located in Epsom Downs. It is constructed of red brick with some grey headers and features a flint plinth. The building has a double-pitched roof covered with old tiles, and the gable ends are coped on kneelers. It is a single storey with a hay loft, showcasing four segment-headed casements on the long sides and two on the short sides, with two loft doors situated above.

Local climate

Old Stables, Now Barn at Downs House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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