Stable Block Approximately 2 Metres West of Lower House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. Stable block.
Stable Block Approximately 2 Metres West of Lower House
- WRENN ID
- unlit-grate-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- Stable block
- OS grid reference
- ST 089 016
- Coordinates
- 50.80718, -3.29396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable block, now used as a garage, is located approximately 2 metres west of Lower House and dates from the early to mid-17th century. It is constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble, although part of the rear wall has been rebuilt using 20th-century concrete blocks. The roof, which was originally thatched, is now covered with corrugated iron. The stable block faces north-west and is positioned in front of Lower House alongside the road.
The front features a wide doorway to the left of centre, which is fitted with 20th-century plank double doors. The roof has a half-hipped design on the right side and is gable-ended on the left. The left end includes a wide doorway that has been fitted with 20th-century garage doors.
Inside, the stable block retains much of its 17th-century carpentry detail and is part-floored. The crossbeams are roughly finished and extend through the side walls, secured by large pegs in a tusk tenon fashion. The roof is supported by three trusses, two of which are original A-frame trusses featuring pegged dovetail-shaped lap-jointed collars.
Local climate
Stable Block Approximately 2 Metres West of Lower House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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