The Pigeons is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House. 1 related planning application.
The Pigeons
- WRENN ID
- veiled-passage-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Pigeons, High Street, Dorchester, OX10 7HH
- OS grid reference
- SU 578 941
- Coordinates
- 51.64328, -1.16563
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pigeons is a house that may date back to the late medieval period but was remodelled in the 17th century. It features rendered timber framing and has an old plain-tile roof with brick stacks. The building has a three-unit plan and consists of one storey plus attics. The front is irregular and includes two entrances, 20th-century bow windows to the left and centre, and a two-light casement window to the right. There are gabled dormers in the centre and right, along with a small roof dormer on the left. The roof steps up twice to the right and has stacks located to the left of centre and at both ends. Inside, there are remains of a braced base cruck, a large inglenook fireplace, a winder stair, and a chamfered beam with decorative stops. It is noted that there may be smoke blackening in the roof, and the floors and stack might have been inserted into a two-bay open hall.
Local climate
The Pigeons 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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