Dovecote, 100 Yards to the Rear of Number 96 is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. Dovecote.
Dovecote, 100 Yards to the Rear of Number 96
- WRENN ID
- slow-spire-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- TL 359 779
- Coordinates
- 52.38234, -0.00399
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote located 100 yards to the rear of number 96 on Somersham High Street dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with gault brick used in the upper courses. The dovecote has a circular plan, measuring approximately 16 feet in diameter, and features a plain tiled, conical roof with a dentilled eaves cornice. The lantern and nesting boxes have been removed. Inside, the walls are plaster rendered, and it has machine cut rafters along with a queen-strut roof truss.
Local climate
Dovecote, 100 Yards to the Rear of Number 96 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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