Dovecote at Number 23 (Merton Manor Farm) is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1967. A Late C17 Dovecote.
Dovecote at Number 23 (Merton Manor Farm)
- WRENN ID
- distant-moulding-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Number 23 (Merton Manor Farm), Station Road, Gamlingay, SG19 3HA
- OS grid reference
- TL 242 521
- Coordinates
- 52.15338, -0.18524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Number 23 (Merton Manor Farm) is a structure from the late 17th century. It is built of red brick in English bond and features a pyramidal tiled roof that rises to four gables, each with landing stage openings. There is a doorway located in the west wall. Inside, some nesting boxes remain. This dovecote may have been constructed around the same time as a barn that was demolished, which was dated 1660.
Local climate
Dovecote at Number 23 (Merton Manor Farm) 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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 0.4°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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