Dovecote North West of the Lodge Cottage, The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Dovecote.
Dovecote North West of the Lodge Cottage, The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- former-beam-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote North West of the Lodge Cottage, The Old Rectory, Kimbolton Road, Pertenhall
- OS grid reference
- TL 085 654
- Coordinates
- 52.27614, -0.40976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located north-west of the Lodge Cottage at the Old Rectory, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a clay tile roof. The dovecote has a small, square plan and stands two stories tall with a hipped roof. At the top, there is a small gabled wood lantern with bargeboards and finials, which provides access for birds. The south elevation has a central plank door beneath a timber lintel, and a first-floor window with glazing bars set under a cambered head. The dovecote is listed for its group value with the nearby barn, Lodge Cottage, and the Old Rectory.
Local climate
Dovecote North West of the Lodge Cottage, The Old Rectory 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% 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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