Pigeoncote, barn and stable at Old Mill Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1983. Pigeoncote, barn, stable.
Pigeoncote, barn and stable at Old Mill Farm
- WRENN ID
- wild-quartz-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1983
- Type
- Pigeoncote, barn, stable
- Address
- Pigeoncote, barn and stable at Old Mill Farm, Low Street, North and South Wheatley, DN22 9DR
- OS grid reference
- SK 761 857
- Coordinates
- 53.36338, -0.85742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pigeoncote, barn, and stable at Old Mill Farm are 18th-century structures made of brick with pantile roofs. They feature dentillated eaves and tumbled, stepped gables with kneelers, along with two gable stacks.
The pigeoncote is two stages high and has a single bay. It includes a west-central doorway with a segmental head, flanked by a casement window on the left and a segmental-headed opening on the right. Above the doorway, there are two tiers of pigeonholes, and to the right, there is a door. Inside, the pigeoncote has timber-framed wattle and daub nest boxes.
Adjoining the pigeoncote at right angles is the barn, which is two storeys high and has three bays. It features a central barn door opening with a timber lintel that has been blocked and contains a segmental-headed door. To the left of this opening is a casement window with a segmental head, and above, there are three Yorkshire sash windows of varying sizes. The west gable of the barn has a single diamond breather. Inside, the barn contains a copper and a bake oven.
The stable, located to the west, dates from the 19th century and is also made of brick with a pantile roof. It is a single storey with three bays and has dentillated eaves. To the left, there are two doorways with segmental heads and timber lintels, and to the right, there is another door with a timber lintel.
Local climate
Pigeoncote, barn and stable at Old Mill Farm sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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