Dovecote to Hinwick House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Dovecote. 1 related planning application.

Dovecote to Hinwick House

WRENN ID
silver-lancet-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 July 1964
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote to Hinwick House, Podington, NN29 7JE
OS grid reference
SP 935 620
Coordinates
52.24841, -0.63161
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote to Hinwick House is a 17th-century structure built from coursed limestone rubble. It features a red tile roof that is hipped below with a gablet above. The dovecote is square in shape, but all of the nesting boxes have been destroyed.

Local climate

Dovecote to Hinwick House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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