Pigeoncote at Number 32 is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1966. A C17 Pigeoncote.
Pigeoncote at Number 32
- WRENN ID
- small-wattle-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1966
- Type
- Pigeoncote
- Address
- Pigeoncote at Number 32, High Street, Desford
- OS grid reference
- SK 479 033
- Coordinates
- 52.62549, -1.2934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pigeoncote at Number 32, dating from the 17th century with 19th-century alterations, is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with burnt headers. It features a Swithland slate plinth and a Swithland slate roof. The structure has a square plan with four gables and is three storeys high with a two-bay front that includes a first-floor string course. On the ground floor, there is a planked door and a planked opening, while above, there is another single door and a fixed two-light window in the gable. All openings have segmental brick heads. The upper floors contain continuous rows of nesting boxes on the inner wall, with brick perches supported on dogtoothed corbels. The roof is made of softwood and dates from the 19th century.
Local climate
Pigeoncote at Number 32 receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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