Stable Block and Gate Piers to No 166 (The Poplars) is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. Stable block.
Stable Block and Gate Piers to No 166 (The Poplars)
- WRENN ID
- keen-cobble-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1976
- Type
- Stable block
- Address
- Stable Block and Gate Piers to No 166 (The Poplars), Wyke Road, Hilperton
- OS grid reference
- ST 862 599
- Coordinates
- 51.33803, -2.1994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable block and gate piers at No 166 (The Poplars) were built in the early to mid-19th century. The stable block is positioned at a right angle to the road and features a circular window in the gable, which has a coped verge and moulded footstones. The structure is made of coursed and dressed stone with a slate roof. On the south side, there are two windows flanking large double doors. The gate piers stand about 9 feet high and are topped with pyramidal capping.
Local climate
Stable Block and Gate Piers to No 166 (The Poplars) receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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