Safari is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1983. Signalman's cottage.

Safari

WRENN ID
lunar-lime-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Kesteven
Constituency
Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1983
Type
Signalman's cottage
Address
Safari, Station Road, Thorpe on the Hill
OS grid reference
SK 902 664
Coordinates
53.18776, -0.65117
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Signalman's Cottage, built around 1850, is a one-and-a-half storey structure made of white brick with a slate ridge roof and a central brick chimney. The building has a cross plan and features three gable ends with barge boarding. The north front includes a semi-circular verandah supported by coupled wooden columns with decorative brackets, and above it, there is a small casement dormer window situated under a barge-boarded gablet. Many of the windows have been replaced in the 20th century.

Local climate

Safari sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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