Althorp, Stables is a Grade II* listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1954. Stables. 1 related planning application.
Althorp, Stables
- WRENN ID
- veiled-column-clover
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1954
- Type
- Stables
- Address
- Althorp, Stables, NN7 4HQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 681 650
- Coordinates
- 52.27931, -1.00276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stables at Althorp were built around 1730 by Roger Morris. They are constructed from lias ashlar and topped with a slate roof, featuring a courtyard plan. The east front has a central Tuscan portico with a carriage arch and two pairs of columns. There are flanking corner towers that rise two storeys with an attic, topped with pyramid roofs. These towers have sash windows at both the ground and first floors, which include glazing bars and flat arch heads. At the attic level, there are lunettes with a string course below. The two-storey ranges between the towers also feature sash windows with glazing bars and flat arches. A clock is set into the pediment of the east portico. The north front has a similar central portico but lacks a carriage arch. The south and west elevations have similar ranges, with the west side including a central carriage arch. Inside, the south range has a plain vaulted ceiling, but the interior has mostly been converted for 20th-century commercial use.
Local climate
Althorp, Stables sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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