Dovecote at Forty Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Forty Farm
- WRENN ID
- silver-jamb-nightshade
- 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 Forty Farm, Great North Road, Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden
- OS grid reference
- TL 164 564
- Coordinates
- 52.1936, -0.29764
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Forty Farm is a 17th-century structure that features a timber frame with red brick infill, which has been colour washed. It has a corrugated iron roof that is hipped at the lower part and has upper gablets that are weatherboarded. The dovecote has a small, square plan and includes a small plank door on the east elevation.
Local climate
Dovecote at Forty Farm 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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