Pigeoncote 150 metres north west of Park Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1953. Pigeoncote.
Pigeoncote 150 metres north west of Park Farm
- WRENN ID
- veiled-steel-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1953
- Type
- Pigeoncote
- Address
- Pigeoncote 150 metres north west of Park Farm, LE14 2DU
- OS grid reference
- SK 719 175
- Coordinates
- 52.75093, -0.9354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a pigeoncote, now used as lambing pens, located 150 metres northwest of Park Farm. It dates from the 17th century and was altered in the 19th century. The structure is made of coursed and squared ironstone with ashlar dressings and features a corrugated iron roof. The south gable includes a re-used coping and finial, while the north gable has a 19th-century double doorway with a wooden lintel. Inside, there are stone nest boxes and a 19th-century king post truss roof.
Local climate
Pigeoncote 150 metres north west of Park Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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