Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. Dovecote.
Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- patient-pediment-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote, Exton and Horn
- OS grid reference
- SK 917 114
- Coordinates
- 52.69252, -0.6434
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Exton Park is a large structure dating from the late 18th century. It is built of coursed squared rubble and has an octagonal shape with two stories, topped by a central ball finial and pinnacles. A projecting loggia surrounds four sides of the building, featuring chamfered four-centred arches and shields in the spandrels. Underneath the loggia, there is a timbered roof supported by corbels, along with stone feeding troughs for cattle and blank windows that have shallow arched heads with voussoirs. The entrance is located on the north side, featuring a flat archway with voussoirs at the first floor level, along with arched and chamfered blank openings that include dummy glazing bars. Above the stone cornice, there is a timber eaves cornice with entrance holes for doves. Inside, the upper walls are lined with nesting ledges, and there is a potence.
Local climate
Dovecote 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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