Stables to the Down House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1985. Stable block. 1 related planning application.
Stables to the Down House
- WRENN ID
- salt-lime-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1985
- Type
- Stable block
- Address
- Stables to the Down House, Dorcester Road, Blandford St. Mary, DT11 9AD
- OS grid reference
- ST 863 045
- Coordinates
- 50.8404, -2.19522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stables to The Down House are a stable block built partly in the late 18th century and partly in the early 19th century. The structure features brick walls topped with hipped tiled roofs and is arranged in an L-shape. It is a single-storey building with lofts. The original section includes a central round-headed carriageway, flanked by two round-headed windows, which are further accompanied by circular lights. The entrance has double plank doors. The later section of the stables contains four coach houses and showcases irregular fenestration.
Local climate
Stables to the Down House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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