Pigeon Cote at the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. Pigeon cote.

Pigeon Cote at the Old Rectory

WRENN ID
stubborn-basalt-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Type
Pigeon cote
Address
Pigeon Cote at the Old Rectory, Main Street, Carlton Scroop
OS grid reference
SK 948 449
Coordinates
52.99366, -0.5876
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pigeon Cote at The Old Rectory is a 17th-century structure built from coursed ironstone rubble with limestone ashlar dressings. It features a hipped roof covered with pantiles and has a rectangular plan. The building is single storey and includes a stone band at a high level that runs around the entire structure. There is a doorway located centrally on the east end, which has a reused flat lintel and a plain stone surround. Above this band, and over the door, is a small rectangular flight hole set within a larger rectangular recess. Inside, there are rows of nest boxes built into the walls, with perches made from projecting limestone rubble blocks.

Local climate

Pigeon Cote at the Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% 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 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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