The Stables is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. A Georgian Stables.

The Stables

WRENN ID
stranded-arch-wren
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1987
Type
Stables
Period
Georgian
Address
The Stables, Broad Walk, Henderskelfe
OS grid reference
SE 712 699
Coordinates
54.1205, -0.91187
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Stables, originally built as stables and now serving as a costume gallery, was designed by John Carr for the 5th Earl of Carlisle between 1781 and 1784. The building is constructed of tooled limestone ashlar with a Westmorland slate roof. It features a stable block, coach-houses, and grooms' quarters arranged around a quadrangle.

The main facade is symmetrical, consisting of two storeys and nine bays, with single-storey extensions at either end. The central three bays are designed in a massive Tuscan order, featuring a tall central arch flanked by round-arched sash windows with radial glazing in their heads. The second and eighth bays have windows recessed in arches. A continuous impost band runs along the facade.

The corner pavilions include squat round-arched sashes with radial glazing, flanked by flat buttresses that have paterae friezes and ball finials, which support a coped parapet with blind balustrading at the center. The first floor has unequal 12-pane sashes. The balustrade over the central three bays features a central panel adorned with swags and paterae, with vases at each end and a central urn flanked by dogs. The roof is hipped.

Local climate

The Stables receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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