Dovecote at Oxcroft Farm is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1986. Dovecote. 6 related planning applications.
Dovecote at Oxcroft Farm
- WRENN ID
- rough-lancet-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1986
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Oxcroft Farm, Balsham Road, West Wratting, CB21 4DX
- OS grid reference
- TL 591 513
- Coordinates
- 52.13724, 0.32404
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Oxcroft Farm, dating from the 18th century, has been converted into a dwellinghouse. It is constructed of red brick and features a hipped plain tiled roof with gablets. The building is square in shape, and most of the door and window openings are from the 20th century. It is located near the site of Oxcroft Manor.
Local climate
Dovecote at Oxcroft Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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