Pigeonhouse Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Cottage.

Pigeonhouse Cottage

WRENN ID
under-turret-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Pigeonhouse Cottage, Lambourn
OS grid reference
SU 348 770
Coordinates
51.49171, -1.49931
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pigeonhouse Cottage is a 17th-century cottage featuring one storey and an attic. It has a timber frame with colourwashed plaster infill and a thatched roof that is half hipped, with chimneys at both ends and on the side. The framing is thin and square. The cottage has irregular casement windows, some of which are modern, and a small dormer that breaks the eaves on the west side.

Local climate

Pigeonhouse Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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.

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  10. Boundary Wall at Pigeon House Grade II 84 m