The Blue Dog is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Blue Dog
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-courtyard-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1988
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Blue Dog, Main Street, Buckminster, NG33 5RQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 888 217
- Coordinates
- 52.78633, -0.68382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blue Dog is a farmhouse that has been converted into a public house. It dates from the late 18th century, with additions from the 19th and late 20th centuries. The building is constructed from coursed and squared limestone, topped with slate and concrete tile roofs, and features three brick gable stacks. It is two storeys high and has two bays, arranged in an L-plan.
The south front includes a central late 20th-century gabled glazed porch set on a stone plinth, with a close boarded door located on the left side. This porch is flanked by single glazing bar sash windows. Above the porch, there are two similar sash windows. On the west side, there is an off-centre late 20th-century single bay addition, which has a lean-to porch with a close boarded door at the return angle. To the right of this porch, there is a three-light sliding sash window with a wooden lintel. Above this window, to the right, is a re-sited enamel road sign from around 1930.
Local climate
The Blue Dog 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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