Polygonal Animal Shelter is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1987. Animal shelter.

Polygonal Animal Shelter

WRENN ID
third-niche-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 January 1987
Type
Animal shelter
Address
Polygonal Animal Shelter, Calke
OS grid reference
SK 366 228
Coordinates
52.80153, -1.45738
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Polygonal Animal Shelter is a mid-19th century structure located in Calke Park. It is built of rubble limestone and tooled sandstone, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The shelter has a polygonal shape with twelve sides, which are divided by circular engaged columns. There is one bay on the west side and three square window openings. This building is listed for its group value only.

Local climate

Polygonal Animal Shelter receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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