Dovecote at Rear of Number 7 is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. Dovecote.

Dovecote at Rear of Number 7

WRENN ID
high-rood-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Warwick
Constituency
Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1987
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote at Rear of Number 7, Church Lane, Barford
OS grid reference
SP 273 609
Coordinates
52.24624, -1.60154
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at the rear of Number 7 on Church Lane is a red brick structure dating from the 18th century. It has a square plan and features a steeply pitched plain tile roof with four gables. The dovecote is adorned with decorative late 19th-century bargeboards and includes a 19th-century glazed lantern topped with a pyramidal tile roof and flight holes. A 19th-century wrought iron weather vane is also present. The building has two storeys and an attic, with entrance doors located on the north and south elevations. Each elevation has one slatted window opening at the first floor. Inside, the first and attic levels are lined with brick pigeon holes and ledges.

Local climate

Dovecote at Rear of Number 7 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 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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