Stable Block 10 Metres West of Wolfeton House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Stable block.

Stable Block 10 Metres West of Wolfeton House

WRENN ID
far-ember-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1987
Type
Stable block
OS grid reference
SY 677 921
Coordinates
50.7279, -2.45775
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable block, located 10 metres west of Wolfeton House, dates from the late 17th century and features 19th-century additions of windows and doors. It stands on the south side of the yard and incorporates parts of an earlier boundary wall in its rear structure. The building has dressed stone walls with ashlar quoins and a clay pantile roof, which is finished with stone gable coping and level kneelers.

It is a single storey with lofts above, presenting six openings to the stable yard. These include a two-light window and a round-headed archway with rusticated jambs and moulded imposts, which has been altered to accommodate a now-missing door. Above this archway is a projecting key and label. There is also a 17th-century three-light window with a wide segmental head, featuring fixed windows with iron glazing bars and a central pivoting window with wooden glazing bars. A 19th-century doorway with a segmental head leads to a plank door, along with another two-light window.

Inside, there is a tack room accessed through a round-arch entrance on the left, while to the right are three stables with sliding wooden doors that are grilled in the upper half. The flooring consists of brick and cobblestones.

Local climate

Stable Block 10 Metres West of Wolfeton House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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