Dovecote, rear of The Chestnuts is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1982. Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.
Dovecote, rear of The Chestnuts
- WRENN ID
- odd-groin-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1982
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote, rear of The Chestnuts, Ramsey Road, Warboys, PE28 2RW
- OS grid reference
- TL 302 801
- Coordinates
- 52.40384, -0.08677
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote located at the rear of The Chestnuts is an early 18th-century structure built of red brick. It has a square section plan and features a plain tile roof topped with a wooden lantern and a dentil eaves cornice. The interior of the dovecote remains intact.
Local climate
Dovecote, rear of The Chestnuts sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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