Kingfisher Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1987. House.
Kingfisher Cottage
- WRENN ID
- proud-threshold-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kingfisher Cottage, Main Street, Blankney
- OS grid reference
- TF 067 601
- Coordinates
- 53.12827, -0.40596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kingfisher Cottage is a house built around 1835 by W A Nicholson. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs with ashlar coped gables, moulded kneelers, and finials. The building has a series of four, three, and two moulded and chamfered ashlar gable stacks, along with three similar white brick and ashlar gable stacks. Notable architectural details include a chamfered ashlar plinth, a moulded band at the first floor, and flush quoins.
The cottage is a single storey plus attics and has a T-plan layout. The east front showcases a central shaped gabled projecting porch with a moulded, four-centred arched ashlar door surround, a four-panel door, and a strapwork gable. To the left, there is a projecting gabled cross wing featuring a canted bay window topped with an ornate strapwork parapet. To the right, a two-light window with a strapwork gable is followed by a single storey wing that has a three-light window beneath a shaped through eaves gable. Above, there is a two-light window to the left with a strapwork gable and a shaped gable dormer to the right, which also contains a two-light window.
The south front includes two three-light windows with strapwork gables, and above them are three continuous shaped gable dormers, each with a two-light window. The central window projects slightly and is supported by a shaped bracket. All windows feature glazing bar casements within moulded ashlar surrounds; the lower windows have mullions and transoms, while the upper windows only have mullions. This cottage is part of the complete estate village established by the Chaplin family of Blankney Hall.
Local climate
Kingfisher Cottage 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 77% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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