Pigeoncote to Church Farm is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1985. Dovecote.
Pigeoncote to Church Farm
- WRENN ID
- dusted-mantel-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1985
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Pigeoncote to Church Farm, East End, Langtoft
- OS grid reference
- TF 124 124
- Coordinates
- 52.69828, -0.33754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century pigeoncote located at Church Farm in Langtoft. It is constructed from squared limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, topped with a corrugated iron roof that features raised stone coped gables. The building has a rectangular plan and is a single storey with a single bay. It includes a plinth with a central doorway, which is framed by ashlar quoins and a lintel that has a keystone. Each gable has an entry ledge, and the interior contains brick nesting boxes along with stone roosting ledges.
Local climate
Pigeoncote to Church Farm 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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