Magdalene House and Dove Cote is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. Farmhouse, dove cote. 4 related planning applications.
Magdalene House and Dove Cote
- WRENN ID
- sheer-gateway-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1982
- Type
- Farmhouse, dove cote
- Address
- Magdalene House and Dove Cote, Huntingdon Road, Houghton and Wyton, PE28 2AD
- OS grid reference
- TL 278 723
- Coordinates
- 52.33428, -0.12433
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Magdalene House and Dove Cote is an early 17th century farmhouse located on the south side of Huntingdon Road in Wyton. The building is two storeys high and has four bays, featuring a continuous jetty. It has a three-unit plan with a lobby entry and is constructed from timber-frame with rough-cast rendering. The roof is thatched, consisting of two levels and hipped to the right side, with a large ridge stack. There are three casement windows on both floor levels, and the door is aligned with the stack.
Inside, the house has ovolo-moulded ceiling beams and two inglenook hearths. The staircase is situated in its original position beside the stack, and there is framing for a garderobe in the east gable wall.
Local climate
Magdalene House and Dove Cote 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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