Pig Sty Approximately 25 Metres to North-West of Acorn Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Pig sty. 1 related planning application.

Pig Sty Approximately 25 Metres to North-West of Acorn Cottage

WRENN ID
rooted-obsidian-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 August 1984
Type
Pig sty
Address
Pig Sty Approximately 25 Metres to North-West of Acorn Cottage, SY1 1XB
OS grid reference
SJ 835 092
Coordinates
52.68093, -2.24466
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pig sty, located approximately 25 metres to the north-west of Acorn Cottage, was built around 1818. It is constructed from coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features a Neo-Egyptian style. The structure has a square base topped with a pyramid. The base is coped and has a low entrance on the east side. The pyramid has tall rectangular openings and is crowned with a dressed stone pyramidal finial that rests on short corner piers. On the east side, there is a stone plaque inscribed with the words "TO PLEASE THE PIGS." This pig sty is part of a series of unusual Gothic out-buildings created on the Tong Estate by George Durant the younger, who died in 1844. Acorn Cottage, which is not listed, is also dated to 1818. Other out-buildings in the vicinity include a cow house to the north of Acorn Cottage, a fowl house to the west of Vauxhall Farmhouse, and kennels to the east of the Red House.

Local climate

Pig Sty Approximately 25 Metres to North-West of Acorn Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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