Stable Block to North of School is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1983. Stable block.

Stable Block to North of School

WRENN ID
worn-eave-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1983
Type
Stable block
Address
Stable Block to North of School, Akeley
OS grid reference
SP 690 375
Coordinates
52.03235, -0.9951
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable block, built in the 1860s by G. Devey, is now used as school rooms. It features an ironstone plinth with half-timbered construction above, displaying some patterning and whitewashed roughcast infill. There is a brick wing to the north. The building has tiled roofs with bargeboards that include elaborately carved finials and brackets at the base, along with small ironstone chimneys serving the grooms' chambers. The architectural style is designed to match that of the adjacent house.

This one-storey structure has irregular facades with gabled projections and some jettying. The south front consists of five bays with high wooden mullion windows, which have 1946 metal casements below. The east front features a blocked entrance with a moulded stone pointed arch, buttresses, and a clock tower to the right. The clock tower has four stages, with a half-timbered top and clock, while the lower sections are roughcast and include stone lancet windows and buttresses, topped with a pyramid roof.

Inside, there is a large central hall with pointed arched entrances leading to the former stables, carriages, and washing area. The rear of the building contains flats for grooms and a riding school, all of which have been converted for school use.

Local climate

Stable Block to North of School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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