Dove Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Dovecote.
Dove Cottages
- WRENN ID
- rooted-tower-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dove Cottages, 36 and 38, Mill Way, Grantchester
- OS grid reference
- TL 433 553
- Coordinates
- 52.17755, 0.09526
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dove Cottages is a building that was originally a dovecote, now serving as a house. It dates from the 18th century and features a timber-framed structure rendered on a high brick plinth, topped with a tiled, hipped roof that has gablets. The building has a rectangular plan and consists of two storeys with attics, including two gabled dormers and casement windows. There is no visible framing, and the roof's description suggests an 18th-century date, although the main posts are made of heavy scantling and may be reused. A lease from 1467 mentions a dovecote at this location, and the current building resembles 18th-century dovecotes found in South Street, Comberton, and High Street, Coton.
Local climate
Dove Cottages 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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