Dove Cote to West of Number 35 (Ryder's Farmhouse) is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1980. Dove cote.
Dove Cote to West of Number 35 (Ryder's Farmhouse)
- WRENN ID
- knotted-bastion-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1980
- Type
- Dove cote
- Address
- Dove Cote to West of Number 35 (Ryder's Farmhouse), Middle Watch, Swavesey
- OS grid reference
- TL 363 683
- Coordinates
- 52.29611, -0.00167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dove cote located to the west of Number 35, known as Ryder's Farmhouse, and it dates from the 18th century. The structure is timber framed and weatherboarded, featuring a brick plinth and a plain tile pyramidal roof. The entrance of the dove cote faces north.
Local climate
Dove Cote to West of Number 35 (Ryder's Farmhouse) 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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