Dovecote at Manor Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1984. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Manor Farm
- WRENN ID
- idle-pinnacle-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1984
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Manor Farm, High Street, Ketton
- OS grid reference
- SK 982 047
- Coordinates
- 52.63204, -0.54985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Manor Farm, dating from the 17th century, is constructed of ashlar stone and features coped gables with a roof made of Collyweston stone slate. It has a central wooden louvre topped with a pyramid roof and a finial. There is a door at the north end and an opening with a cill on the south gable. Inside, there are nesting boxes for birds.
Local climate
Dovecote at Manor Farm 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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