Dovecote at Number 49 is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. A C18 Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.
Dovecote at Number 49
- WRENN ID
- patient-fireplace-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Number 49, Woodhouse Lane, Staploe, PE19 5HR
- OS grid reference
- TL 157 607
- Coordinates
- 52.23313, -0.3063
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century dovecote located at Number 49 Woodhouse Lane, Staploe and Duloe. Previously listed at Number 51, the dovecote is constructed of red brick with a hipped roof covered in old clay tiles, featuring weather-boarded gablets in the upper portion. The plan is square, with two storeys. A brick band runs around all sides of the building at first-floor level. The south elevation has a plank door on the ground floor and a small window opening on the first floor, both centrally positioned.
Local climate
Dovecote at Number 49 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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