Dovecote at Old Prebendal House is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Old Prebendal House
- WRENN ID
- lone-doorway-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1954
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Old Prebendal House, Crocket Lane, Empingham, LE15 8PW
- OS grid reference
- SK 951 085
- Coordinates
- 52.66603, -0.59449
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Old Prebendal House, which was formerly a chapel, dates back to medieval times and is marked with the year 1619. It is constructed from coursed rubble stone and ashlar, topped with a bell-cast Collyweston slate roof. The building faces the stable yard and consists of one storey, featuring a door framed by a 19th-century brick surround. Above the door is a stone tablet inscribed with 'Regedin?Ano.Dmi. 1619'. On the right side, there is a small window in the rebuilt gable end, while the rear has a blocked window and three stepped buttresses. Additionally, there is a small section of ashlar walling and a lean-to. Inside, the dovecote has rows of holes around all four sides and a renewed single purlin roof with three bays. The date inscribed may indicate when the earlier chapel was converted into a dovecote.
Local climate
Dovecote at Old Prebendal House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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