Stable Block to North West of the Nunnery is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Stable block.
Stable Block to North West of the Nunnery
- WRENN ID
- sunken-footing-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1984
- Type
- Stable block
- Address
- Stable Block to North West of the Nunnery, Ainstable
- OS grid reference
- NY 537 428
- Coordinates
- 54.77867, -2.72098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable block located to the north-west of The Nunnery dates from the early 19th century. It features coursed and squared sandstone rubble walls with raised quoins and ashlar dressings, topped by a hipped green slate roof and ashlar ridge chimney stacks. The building is a single storey with multiple bays, enclosing a courtyard on four sides.
The central entrance is a large elliptical arch with a quoined surround and a carved panel displaying the Aglionby coat of arms above it. To the right, there is a smaller entrance with a 20th-century garage door positioned between the two. The pointed casement windows have trefoil heads and rounded transoms, complete with impost blocks and keystones. Above these windows, round vents are set within raised stone surrounds. The right side wall has square openings, while the left side wall is a blank wall featuring a battlemented parapet. The central entrance also has a reused inscription stone above it, which reads "JOH AGLIONBY/JURISCON SULTUS 1694." Inside, the walls have flat arch entrances and square openings. At the time of the survey, the building was derelict and unoccupied. It is listed partly for its group value with The Nunnery.
Local climate
Stable Block to North West of the Nunnery sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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