Fir Court Stables is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 June 1984. Stables.
Fir Court Stables
- WRENN ID
- outer-wicket-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1984
- Type
- Stables
- Address
- Fir Court Stables, Churchstoke, Montgomery
- OS grid reference
- SO 274 940
- Coordinates
- 52.5393, -3.07113
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Fir Court Stables is a Grade II listed building consisting of two ranges set at right angles, both with one storey and a hay loft. The longer east-west range is timber-framed and timber-clad, topped with a corrugated asbestos sheet roof. The shorter north-south range is built of coursed masonry under a tiled roof, with the western side having been partially rebuilt.
On the south side of the main range, there are four sets of stable doors. Above these doors, but not directly aligned, are four hatched openings leading into the hay loft. Additionally, there is an opening into the hay loft on the east elevation. The rear (south) side of the stone range features one hatched opening into the hay loft, which is set under a segmental brick arch. The west elevation of the masonry range has been modified with the addition of a rough concrete lintel, likely to allow for the enlargement of windows flanking a stable door that may be in its original position. These openings originally contained 6-pane casement windows, which are now blocked. The north elevation of the stables has fewer openings, with a total of three doors, as it faced away from the farm and lacks access to the hay loft. There is a small extension made of masonry and timber cladding, featuring a cat slide roof. The northeast corner of the masonry range has brick quoins, possibly for structural support.
At the time of inspection in February 1996, there was no access to the interior, but it is said to contain simple tie-beam trusses.
Local climate
Fir Court Stables receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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