Pigeoncote at the Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1952. A C17 Pigeoncote.

Pigeoncote at the Abbey

WRENN ID
sheer-bracket-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 February 1952
Type
Pigeoncote
Address
Pigeoncote at the Abbey, Church Street, Skillington
OS grid reference
SK 895 258
Coordinates
52.82298, -0.67325
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pigeoncote at the Abbey is a 17th-century structure that was altered in the 19th century. It is built from coursed limestone rubble, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings. The roof is made of stone-coped slate and includes a timber flight hole turret topped with a hipped lead roof. The building is two stories high and has a moulded string course. On the gable end, there is a planked doorway with an ashlar lintel, and above it, in an earlier window opening, is another planked door with a cornice over it. There are three flight holes above this door. On the right-hand side wall, there is an original 17th-century opening with an ashlar surround and cornice. Inside, the structure has stone ledges.

Local climate

Pigeoncote at the Abbey 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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