Dovecote, North East of Waggoner's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1961. Dovecote.

Dovecote, North East of Waggoner's Cottage

WRENN ID
sacred-transept-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rutland
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1961
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote, North East of Waggoner's Cottage, Ryhall
OS grid reference
TF 044 103
Coordinates
52.68059, -0.45712
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This dovecote, located northeast of Waggoner's Cottage, dates from the late 17th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble and features a roof made of Collyweston stone slate with coped gables. There is a central gabled wooden louvre and a ledge below the eaves level. A small gable window is present on the west side, and there is a later cart entry on the south side.

Local climate

Dovecote, North East of Waggoner's Cottage 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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