Earth Privy and Pigeon Loft at Rainowlow Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Privy, pigeon loft.

Earth Privy and Pigeon Loft at Rainowlow Farm

WRENN ID
heavy-granite-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Privy, pigeon loft
Address
Earth Privy and Pigeon Loft at Rainowlow Farm, Cheshire East
OS grid reference
SJ 953 771
Coordinates
53.29121, -2.07103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The earth privy and pigeon loft at Rainowlow Farm is likely from the early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed squared buff sandstone rubble and features a Kerridge stone-slate roof. The building is square in shape. The east front has a board door beneath a rough stone lintel that leads to the privy, while the west side includes a small three-tier pigeon loft in the gable. This structure is listed for its group value only.

Local climate

Earth Privy and Pigeon Loft at Rainowlow Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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