The Kennels in Lyme Park is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1983. Kennels.
The Kennels in Lyme Park
- WRENN ID
- south-pavement-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1983
- Type
- Kennels
- Address
- The Kennels in Lyme Park, Kettleshulme and Lyme Handley, Cheshire East
- OS grid reference
- SJ 968 826
- Coordinates
- 53.34115, -2.04826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kennels in Lyme Park, built around 1870 for William Legh, is a Grade II listed building. It is constructed from rock-faced buff sandstone, with some minor walls made of red and blue brick. The roof is covered with Welsh slate and features two stone chimneys. The building has a stretched H-shaped plan with short cross wings and six one-storey kennels in between. The end bays have 6-pane horned sash windows set under gables. Each kennel has a framed and boarded door with a semi-circular dog flap, and there is a small rectangular yard in front of each kennel, enclosed by iron railings on stone-coped walls. A rectangular paddock in front of all the kennels is surrounded by larger similar railings, with a gate on either side.
Inside, at the rear of the left cross wing, there is a deer slaughterhouse equipped with a winch and haying racks. The room at the front of the right cross wing features a crude fireplace that mimics the one found in the Stag Parlour at Lyme Park.
Historically, the kennels were home to the last of the famous Lyme Mastiffs, a breed that disappeared around 1900.
Local climate
The Kennels in Lyme Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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