The Dove House is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Dovecote, residential.
The Dove House
- WRENN ID
- scattered-ember-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Dovecote, residential
- Address
- The Dove House, Snakes Lane, Harlton
- OS grid reference
- TL 385 524
- Coordinates
- 52.15329, 0.02423
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dove House is a former dovecote that has been converted into a dwelling. It dates from the early 18th century and 19th century. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a pyramidal tiled roof with an elaborate cornice that includes dentil and sawtooth detailing. At the apex, there is gault brick from the 19th century. The structure has a square plan and stands two storeys tall, with two casement windows on both the first and ground storeys.
Local climate
The Dove House 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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