Honington Hall, Dovecote Approximately 200 Metres North is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. Dovecote.

Honington Hall, Dovecote Approximately 200 Metres North

WRENN ID
knotted-sentry-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Country
England
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
SP 260 427
Coordinates
52.08246, -1.62111
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at Honington Hall, located approximately 200 meters north of the main building, dates from the mid to late 17th century. It is constructed of regularly coursed limestone with yellow limestone dressings. The roof is pyramidal, made of stone slate laid in diminishing courses, and features a wooden lantern at the top, which has a hipped slate roof and a ball finial. The dovecote has an octagonal plan and includes plank door boxes. Inside, there is a central wooden post with a revolving ladder.

Local climate

Honington Hall, Dovecote Approximately 200 Metres North receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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