Pigeon Loft in Farm Courtyard,South West of House is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Pigeon loft.
Pigeon Loft in Farm Courtyard,South West of House
- WRENN ID
- hushed-mullion-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Pigeon loft
- Address
- Pigeon Loft in Farm Courtyard,South West of House, Ayot St. Peter
- OS grid reference
- TL 211 148
- Coordinates
- 51.81935, -0.24421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pigeon loft, built around 1890, is located in the farm courtyard southwest of Ayot Place. It features a round, red brick structure with curved supports and four jettied gabled lofts that have plastered tympana. The east gable includes an octagonal clock, a bell, and a wrought iron weathervane, while the west gable has a circular opening. The other gables are adorned with bracketed shelves.
Local climate
Pigeon Loft in Farm Courtyard,South West of 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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