Dovecote, at Dovecote Barns is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1962. Dovecote. 6 related planning applications.
Dovecote, at Dovecote Barns
- WRENN ID
- weathered-window-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1962
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote, at Dovecote Barns, High Street, Coton, CB23 7PL
- OS grid reference
- TL 408 588
- Coordinates
- 52.20961, 0.06026
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century dovecote, situated within Dovecote Barns. Originally listed as Dovecote, at Rectory Farm. It is timber-framed and clad in weatherboarding, topped with a pyramidal roof covered in tiles and featuring gablets. A gabled landing stage is located on the south side. The dovecote has a square plan and three storeys. The ground floor has been converted into a garage and store. External ladders provide access to the pigeon-house at the first and attic storeys. The timber framing shows staggered studwork and straight bracing. The Royal Commission for Historic Monuments, West Cambs., volume (7) provides further details.
Local climate
Dovecote, at Dovecote Barns 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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