The Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1962. Dovecote, dwelling.
The Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- pitched-window-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1962
- Type
- Dovecote, dwelling
- Address
- The Dovecote, 29, High Street, Haslingfield
- OS grid reference
- TL 406 522
- Coordinates
- 52.15041, 0.05391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dovecote is a dovecote that has been converted into a dwelling. It was built around 1650 and restored in the mid-20th century. The structure is made of red brick in English bond, resting on a chamfered plinth, and features cut and moulded brickwork that creates an elaborate cornice. The roof is conical and covered with slates arranged in a fishscale pattern. Atop the building is an octagonal cupola, which is timber-framed and has a depressed four-centred arch on each face. This cupola also has a similar conical roof of patterned slates, topped with a wooden ball finial and a wrought iron weathervane. The dovecote has a round plan and a band that separates the two storeys. There are additions made to the rear around 1980. The front wall, which dates to the late 17th century, has been repaired and features red brick with alternating courses of stretcher bond and Flemish bond. The gabled coping has been restored. Originally, this wall was part of the southern boundary of the park belonging to Haslingfield Hall.
Local climate
The Dovecote 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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