Dovecote to South West of Longthorpe Tower House is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. Dovecote.
Dovecote to South West of Longthorpe Tower House
- WRENN ID
- solitary-render-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote to South West of Longthorpe Tower House, City of Peterborough
- OS grid reference
- TL 161 983
- Coordinates
- 52.57067, -0.28737
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote located to the south-west of Longthorpe Tower House is built of stone and is likely from the 17th century. It, along with the outbuildings to the rear and Longthorpe Tower House, forms a cohesive group.
Local climate
Dovecote to South West of Longthorpe Tower House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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