Pigeoncote Approximately 15 Metres East of Former House at Old Dunsa Bank Farm is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. Pigeoncote.
Pigeoncote Approximately 15 Metres East of Former House at Old Dunsa Bank Farm
- WRENN ID
- hollow-rubblework-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1987
- Type
- Pigeoncote
- OS grid reference
- NZ 135 091
- Coordinates
- 54.47767, -1.79215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a pigeoncote located approximately 15 metres east of the former house at Old Dunsa Bank Farm in North Yorkshire. It dates from the mid to late 18th century and is constructed of rubble sandstone with dressed stone dressings. The roof was missing at the time of the last survey. The structure is two storeys high and consists of one cell, featuring quoins.
The doorway has a dressed stone surround with bases and impost blocks, with the left side forming a quoin and extending to create the lintel of a small window opening. On the first floor, there is a semicircular opening with a dressed stone surround for pigeon-holes, along with part ashlar coping. At the rear, each floor has a doorway with a dressed stone surround and a small window on the ground floor.
Inside, the ground floor contains a spine wall that separates two earth closets, one designated for the family and the other for farm workers, each with separate access. The first floor features nesting boxes for pigeons. The building was noted to be in a state of disrepair at the time of the survey.
Local climate
Pigeoncote Approximately 15 Metres East of Former House at Old Dunsa Bank Farm receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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