Pigeoncote to the Grange is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1984. Pigeoncote. 5 related planning applications.
Pigeoncote to the Grange
- WRENN ID
- dim-lead-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Selby MP: Keir Mather (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1984
- Type
- Pigeoncote
- Address
- Pigeoncote to the Grange, Wistow Gate, Cawood, YO8 3SH
- OS grid reference
- SE 576 374
- Coordinates
- 53.83053, -1.12553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century pigeoncote, located to the east of Cawood Wistow Gate. Constructed of red brick with a pantile roof and brick coping, the structure is two storeys high. The ground floor features two blocked openings with later elliptical arches, with an additional entrance inserted between them. A first-floor band runs around the building. Above are two further elliptical-arched openings. The interior contains nesting boxes on the first floor. The building’s architectural details were noted in a report by the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group (Report No. 822).
Local climate
Pigeoncote to the Grange 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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