Stable Block at the Rookery is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Stable block.
Stable Block at the Rookery
- WRENN ID
- frozen-footing-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Stable block
- Address
- Stable Block at the Rookery, Orcheston
- OS grid reference
- SU 058 456
- Coordinates
- 51.21044, -1.9175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable block at The Rookery is a Grade II listed building dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of cob on brick footings and features a Welsh slate roof, designed in a T-plan layout. To the left of the main range, there is a gabled porch with a stable door, while to the right, a 2-light casement window with Gothic glazing bars and planked doors can be found. The left wing contains stables, which include a gable with a tripartite sash window and a 2-light casement with Gothic glazing bars on the left return. The rear of the building has had garage doors inserted. The hipped roofs have deep eaves. Inside, the stable fittings are preserved, including loose boxes and cast-iron mangers.
Local climate
Stable Block at the Rookery receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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