The Stables, Curved Walls and Piers to the Stable Yard, 20 Metres North West of Chilton Cantelo House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Stables. 3 related planning applications.
The Stables, Curved Walls and Piers to the Stable Yard, 20 Metres North West of Chilton Cantelo House
- WRENN ID
- noble-niche-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Stables
- Address
- The Stables, Curved Walls and Piers to the Stable Yard, 20 Metres North West of Chilton Cantelo House, BA22 8BG
- OS grid reference
- ST 570 221
- Coordinates
- 50.99732, -2.61407
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stables, along with the curved walls and piers to the stable yard, are located 20 metres northwest of Chilton Cantelo House. They date from the mid-19th century and were built as stables for the former manor house. The structure is made of local stone that is cut and squared, with Ham stone dressings, and features hipped roofs covered with Welsh slate. The building has an 'L' plan layout, primarily consisting of one storey, with a two-storey section at the end of the south wing. At the northeast corner between the wings, there is a stone bell turret.
The windows are timber casements with voussoired and keystoned arches, while the tall semi-circular arched doorways of the two-storey block are now filled in with a concrete block extension topped with a corrugated asbestos cement sheet roof on the south side of the west wing. The interiors have been adapted for school use, but they were not seen during the inspection.
The clock turret features crude scroll pilasters on each face, flanking a clock dial, and above it is a semi-circular open arched bell turret with a bell. The turret is topped with a lead-covered bell-hipped pyramidal roof and a stone finial. The curved stone walls surrounding the stable yard are approximately 2.5 metres high, with flat copings and massive circular stone piers that have heavy moulded caps.
This structure is not only an important part of the manor house estate and remains virtually complete, but it is also visually significant due to its relationship with St James' Church, as it forms the western boundary to the churchyard. The bell turret provides an interesting contrast to the west tower of the church.
Local climate
The Stables, Curved Walls and Piers to the Stable Yard, 20 Metres North West of Chilton Cantelo House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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