Stables to West of Courtyard to Dolphin Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1994. Stables. 1 related planning application.
Stables to West of Courtyard to Dolphin Public House
- WRENN ID
- rooted-chamber-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1994
- Type
- Stables
- Address
- Stables to West of Courtyard to Dolphin Public House, Silver Street, Ilminster, TA19 0DR
- OS grid reference
- ST 359 145
- Coordinates
- 50.92715, -2.91255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stables located to the west of the courtyard of the Dolphin Public House in Ilminster date from the late 17th century. They are constructed from limestone rubble, with some areas rendered and others replaced with breeze-blocks, topped by a pantile roof.
Inside, the roof features thatch beneath the pantiles, with threaded purlins and a ridge set in a notch. A white-washed rubblestone wall divides the building into two sections, each supported by heavy rough cross-beams that hold up an upper floor with wide elm floorboards. The stable on the left (south) contains elm mangers and hayracks.
The yard has cobblestones beneath a layer of tarmac, and a spring rises at the center-rear, flowing southwest under the rear wing to a standpipe of a pump that still remains.
Local climate
Stables to West of Courtyard to Dolphin Public House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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