Pigeon House at Stretfordbury is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1976. Pigeon house. 3 related planning applications.
Pigeon House at Stretfordbury
- WRENN ID
- fossil-pilaster-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 July 1976
- Type
- Pigeon house
- Address
- Pigeon House at Stretfordbury, Leominster, HR6 0LP
- OS grid reference
- SO 525 579
- Coordinates
- 52.21808, -2.69582
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a shed, likely a dovecote or pigeon house, dating from the 17th or 18th century and restored in the 20th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble, with a timber frame and a rear wall of brick. The roof is pyramidal and covered in plain tiles, and features a cote. A 20th-century plank door is centrally located beneath a stone segmental arch. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Pigeon House at Stretfordbury receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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
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