The Dovecote, North East Side of Fordham Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Dovecote.
The Dovecote, North East Side of Fordham Abbey
- WRENN ID
- lunar-pinnacle-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1951
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- The Dovecote, North East Side of Fordham Abbey, Newmarket Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 630 701
- Coordinates
- 52.30524, 0.38981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dovecote, located on the north-east side of Fordham Abbey, is an 18th-century structure built of local brick and topped with a plain tiled pyramidal roof. It has a square plan and features a flight lantern. This dovecote is part of the architectural heritage of Cambridgeshire.
Local climate
The Dovecote, North East Side of Fordham Abbey 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% 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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