Former Dovecote at Home Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1986. Dovecote. 4 related planning applications.
Former Dovecote at Home Farm
- WRENN ID
- weathered-pinnacle-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1986
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Former Dovecote at Home Farm, Dovecote Barn, 2 Randalls Close, Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley, SG19 2BZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 258 471
- Coordinates
- 52.10814, -0.16381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century dovecote, originally located at Home Farm in Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley, now situated at Randalls Close, No 2. The dovecote is a timber-framed structure. The west and south sides are clad in weatherboarding, the north side has brick infilling in the lower part and rendering in the upper part, and the east side has a lower part rebuilt in mottled brick with a rendered upper part. It has a clay tile roof, hipped to the lower part with a gablet to the upper part, and weatherboarded ends. A 19th-century plank stable door is on the east side, and a small sash window is on the west side. There are two single lights on the south side. The interior retains wattle and daub nesting boxes and ledges in most parts, except for the lower part of the east wall; approximately 169 boxes (13 x 13) are on each wall.
Local climate
Former Dovecote at Home 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 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 0.3°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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