Animal Pen at Easthorpe House is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1986. A 19th Century Animal pen.

Animal Pen at Easthorpe House

WRENN ID
over-lintel-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 November 1986
Type
Animal pen
Period
19th Century
Address
Animal Pen at Easthorpe House, Loughborough Road, Ruddington
OS grid reference
SK 579 333
Coordinates
52.89445, -1.14044
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The animal pen at Easthorpe House is a mid-19th century structure built of red brick with ashlar dressings. It features a conical slate roof, topped with a single central wooden glover that has a lead roof and a ball finial. The building has a circular plan and includes seven rectangular openings beneath the eaves, with dividing piers that have rounded corners and sills that feature moulded ashlar coping. On the west side, there is a doorway with ashlar hinge and lock blocks. Inside, the floor is sunken and has drainage openings.

Local climate

Animal Pen at Easthorpe House 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. The Coach House and Stable Block Grade II 24 m
  2. Easthorpe House Easthorpe House, Calmlands Easthorpe House, Clasp Development Group Easthorpe House, Clasp International Easthorpe House, Eastdell Limited Grade II 70 m
  3. 42, Easthorpe Street Grade II 381 m
  4. Ruddington House Grade II 526 m
  5. Former Framework Knitters' Workshop Behind Number 11 Grade II 622 m
  6. The Hermitage Grade II 662 m
  7. K6 Telephone Kiosk Grade II 676 m
  8. War Memorial Grade II 683 m
  9. Manor Farmhouse Grade II 703 m
  10. Church of St Peter Grade II 709 m