Former Stable Block at Castle Head is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1975. Stable block.

Former Stable Block at Castle Head

WRENN ID
crooked-pillar-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 May 1975
Type
Stable block
Address
Former Stable Block at Castle Head, Lindale Road, Grange-Over-Sands
OS grid reference
SD 419 797
Coordinates
54.2104, -2.89097
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former stable block at Castle Head, built in 1864, consists of stable and farm buildings. The outer walls are made of rock-faced limestone and limestone rubble, while the inner walls are constructed of brick. The roofs have been replaced with corrugated asbestos instead of the original slate. The buildings are arranged symmetrically around a courtyard.

On the west side, there is an elliptical entrance arch topped with an embattled wall that features a plaque inscribed with '1864'. The entrance is fitted with iron gates and includes a cast-iron weighbridge. The western range serves as a barn and has two round archways. The central section of the eastern range contains boarded doorways. To the south of the main buildings, an embattled wall lines the driveway and encloses a yard, with the east side featuring brick lean-to shelter sheds under a slate roof.

Local climate

Former Stable Block at Castle Head sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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