Dovecote Circa 13 Metres West of Numbers 32 and 34 is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Dovecote.
Dovecote Circa 13 Metres West of Numbers 32 and 34
- WRENN ID
- vacant-zinc-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote Circa 13 Metres West of Numbers 32 and 34, SG8 0JD
- OS grid reference
- TL 278 440
- Coordinates
- 52.07979, -0.13631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a dovecote, originally constructed in the 17th century and later altered in the 19th century with further remodeling and renovations in the 20th century. It features a timber frame with plaster infill and has a plain tiled roof. The structure is two storeys high and has a lantern apex on its pyramidal roof, which replaced a 19th-century chimney stack and the former flight entry. Windows have been inserted between the timber frame, and the main entrance is located at the rear.
Local climate
Dovecote Circa 13 Metres West of Numbers 32 and 34 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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