Old Stables Approximately 50 Metres North East of Levens Hall, Cottages Attached to North West and South; and Gate Piers Attached to North East Corner and Walls is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1952. Former stables. 1 related planning application.
Old Stables Approximately 50 Metres North East of Levens Hall, Cottages Attached to North West and South; and Gate Piers Attached to North East Corner and Walls
- WRENN ID
- watchful-keystone-ash
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1952
- Type
- Former stables
- Address
- Old Stables Approximately 50 Metres North East of Levens Hall, Cottages Attached to North West and South; and Gate Piers Attached to North East Corner and Walls, LA8 0PB
- OS grid reference
- SD 495 851
- Coordinates
- 54.25953, -2.77539
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Stables, located approximately 50 metres northeast of Levens Hall, are former stables that have been converted into houses. They date from the mid-16th century, with some remodelling occurring in the late 17th century. Attached cottages are situated to the northwest and south, and the buildings were converted to houses in the mid-20th century.
The structure features stone rubble walls with sandstone dressings and a steeply-pitched graduated greenslate roof with a stone ridge. It has two storeys and an entrance front facing east, which includes eight irregularly placed windows, consisting of 2- and 3-light casements with chamfered stone mullions, along with four board doors set in chamfered stone surrounds. The garden front also has eight irregular windows, primarily 2-, 3-, or 4-light casements with leaded glazing and chamfered stone mullions, some of which are from the 20th century. There are original vent slits on the upper storey and a glazed door from the 20th century within a corniced moulded surround.
The gate piers at the northeast corner are part octagonal, featuring moulded shafts topped with ball finials and flanked by semicircular-headed blank niches.
Local climate
Old Stables Approximately 50 Metres North East of Levens Hall, Cottages Attached to North West and South; and Gate Piers Attached to North East Corner and Walls sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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