Dovecote to North of Nos 7 and 8 is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1962. Dovecote.
Dovecote to North of Nos 7 and 8
- WRENN ID
- stranded-soffit-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1962
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote to North of Nos 7 and 8, Station Road, Barnack, City of Peterborough
- OS grid reference
- TF 081 053
- Coordinates
- 52.63512, -0.40336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century dovecote is located to the north of Nos 7 and 8 on Barnack Station Road. It is constructed from coursed stone and features a steeply pitched Collyweston stone roof with coped gable ends. The structure has a rectangular shape and includes a doorway with a datestone above that reads "WB 1789." Additionally, there is a timber lantern situated on the ridge of the roof.
Local climate
Dovecote to North of Nos 7 and 8 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 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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