Dovecote, at Ivy Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Dovecote.
Dovecote, at Ivy Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sharp-zinc-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1984
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote, at Ivy Farmhouse, Lower End, Swaffham Prior
- OS grid reference
- TL 569 643
- Coordinates
- 52.25484, 0.29831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Ivy Farm, dating from the early 18th century, is constructed of clunch that has been repaired with brick. It features a plain tiled hipped roof adorned with gablets and a sawtooth eaves cornice. The structure is square in shape.
Local climate
Dovecote, at Ivy Farmhouse 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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