Drakestones House and Attached Stable Block, and Walls is a Grade II* listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

Drakestones House and Attached Stable Block, and Walls

WRENN ID
riven-turret-sage
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Stroud
Constituency
Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1984
Type
House
Address
Drakestones House and Attached Stable Block, and Walls, Wotton Road, Stinchcombe, GL11 6AS
OS grid reference
ST 734 977
Coordinates
51.67824, -2.38542
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Drakestones House, along with its attached stable block and walls, is a detached dwelling built in 1911 by Oswald P Milne. The building is constructed from squared and coursed marlstone with stone slate roofs, featuring a T-plan main house and a service wing. On the north side, there is a courtyard formed by a low wing, walls, gate piers, and an L-plan stable block that creates a second smaller courtyard.

The south elevation of the house is two storeys and an attic, with three windows, plus one window in a projecting gable on the right and three windows in the service block. All windows are wood casements with glazing bars and tile-crease cills, arranged in various configurations of two, three, or four lights, with voussoirs above. The house has two ridge stacks and a large eaves stack near the left end.

Entrance is through a projecting two-storey porch on the north side, which is set into the main roof slope and has a gable on the right containing two, three, and four-light transomed casements. To the right of the porch, there is a small dormer with a bell. Above the door, there is a coat of arms with the motto 'ALLA TA HARA'. The left side features a plain wall return, and there is a second return to square piers approximately 3 meters high leading to the stable block. Additionally, from the north-west corner of the main block, there is a run of wall about 14 meters long and 2.7 meters high, topped with stone slate and containing one square door opening.

Although the interior was not viewed, it is reputed to contain original decorations and fittings. The house is considered a splendid and restrained example of the Cotswold Country House style from the period and remains virtually unaltered. It was originally intended to be designed by Gimson, but his costs were deemed too high according to information from Mr. Mildmay, the son of the original client.

Local climate

Drakestones House and Attached Stable Block, and Walls receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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