Stables at Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Stable. 2 related planning applications.

Stables at Manor House

WRENN ID
leaning-glass-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1987
Type
Stable
Address
Stables at Manor House, Worton Road, Potterne, SN10 5PP
OS grid reference
ST 989 582
Coordinates
51.32369, -2.01627
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stables at Manor House, built in 1800, are a stable block constructed using materials from a demolished building dating back to 1750. The structure is made of red brick with some diaper patterns and features a hipped slate roof topped with an octagonal timber cupola that has an ogee-cap and a large weathervane. It stands two storeys high with a shallow-gabled centre that projects slightly and includes a nogged brick band.

The front of the stables has seven oval lights made of ashlar, which are arranged in a seemingly random pattern. These lights are likely reused, with the upper floor lights set horizontally and featuring tripartite leaded glass, while the ground floor lights are set vertically with leaded cross lights. The central projection includes a blank panel in the gable, an oval window on the first floor, and two elliptical arched coach entries, each with ashlar flush keystones and imposts.

On each side of the building, there is one oval window on the first floor and a ground floor door that has a raised moulded stone surround with a keystone, flanked by oval windows on either side. A Tudor-style brick chimney is located on the rear roof slope. The rear wall features four blank panels with cambered heads. The reused materials are believed to have originated from a folly known as Maggot's Castle, which was built in Easterton, Wiltshire in 1750.

Local climate

Stables at Manor House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 54% 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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