Dovecot Immediately South of the Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1974. Dovecot.

Dovecot Immediately South of the Rectory

WRENN ID
buried-doorway-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1974
Type
Dovecot
Address
Dovecot Immediately South of the Rectory, Cherry Orton Road, Orton Waterville, City of Peterborough, PE2 5EQ
OS grid reference
TL 155 959
Coordinates
52.5492, -0.29693
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecot located immediately south of The Rectory in Orton Waterville dates from the 17th or 18th century. It is constructed from coursed stone rubble and has a square plan topped with a pyramidal thatched roof. The east side features later double doors, and there are stone ledges on the corners beneath the eaves. Inside, the dovecot contains nesting holes and additional stone ledges.

Local climate

Dovecot Immediately South of the Rectory 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 93% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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