Dovecote to West of Village Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1974. Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.

Dovecote to West of Village Farmhouse

WRENN ID
solemn-gutter-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1974
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote to West of Village Farmhouse, Peterborough Road, Castor, City of Peterborough, PE5 7BZ
OS grid reference
TL 120 986
Coordinates
52.57443, -0.34838
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a small 18th century dovecot located to the west of Village Farmhouse on the north side of Peterborough Road in Castor. It is constructed of stone rubble and measures approximately 13 feet square in plan. The dovecot features a pantile roof with gabled ends and a lantern. There is a plank door with a stone lintel.

Local climate

Dovecote to West of Village Farmhouse 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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