Stables and Dovecote at Blackland Park is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Stable, dovecote.

Stables and Dovecote at Blackland Park

WRENN ID
buried-floor-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1960
Type
Stable, dovecote
Address
Stables and Dovecote at Blackland Park, Cherhill
OS grid reference
SU 012 693
Coordinates
51.42356, -1.9828
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stables and dovecote at Blackland Park, dating from the mid-18th century, are constructed from rubble stone and feature stone slate roofs. The building has a cross-gabled design at the center for the dovecote and half-hipped roofs on the flanking wings. It is two storeys high. The central section, which may be slightly older than the wings, includes a dovecote situated above paired elliptical-arched coach entries that have raised imposts. The dovecote features flush quoins and a door with a bead-moulded surround and dripstone. There is a single light in the gable, also bead-moulded with a dripstone, and a cross-gabled stone-slated lantern. A similar single light is present on the rear gable.

The wings match the central section and have a moulded plinth and flush quoins at the outer angles. Each wing has two 2-light cyma-moulded flush mullion windows on each floor. On the upper floors, these windows flank a similarly moulded loading door, while on the ground floors, there are bead-moulded doorways, with the left door flush and the right door in a raised surround. The rear of the wings features similar 2-light windows on the ground floor and first floor on the right side. Both the wings and the dovecote are supported by king-post trusses with angle struts, and the dovecote is lined with ashlar nesting boxes.

Local climate

Stables and Dovecote at Blackland Park receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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