Pigeoncote and Outbuilding at Birch Holt Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Pigeoncote, outbuilding. 1 related planning application.
Pigeoncote and Outbuilding at Birch Holt Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- muted-hammer-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Pigeoncote, outbuilding
- Address
- Pigeoncote and Outbuilding at Birch Holt Farmhouse, Norton Wood Lane, Norton Disney, LN6 9JP
- OS grid reference
- SK 869 604
- Coordinates
- 53.13448, -0.70246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pigeoncote and outbuilding at Birch Holt Farmhouse date from the early 18th century and early 19th century. They are constructed from brick and feature pantile roofs. The pigeoncote has a square plan and stands two stories tall, with a single cart entrance and a 2-light casement window above it. The east gable of the pigeoncote has four rows of openings with landing shelves beneath. Adjacent to the pigeoncote is a single-storey outbuilding that has a plank door, and beyond it is a small lean-to. The building also has brick coped gables with kneelers and dentilated eaves.
Local climate
Pigeoncote and Outbuilding at Birch Holt Farmhouse 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 86% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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