Dovecote to Rear of Ivy House is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 March 1989. Dovecote.
Dovecote to Rear of Ivy House
- WRENN ID
- sharp-hammer-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 March 1989
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote to Rear of Ivy House, High Street, Fen Drayton
- OS grid reference
- TL 338 684
- Coordinates
- 52.29784, -0.03847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote located at the rear of Ivy House was built around 1775 and altered in the mid-19th century. It is constructed from red brick and originally featured a pyramidal slate roof. The building has a square plan and includes a decorative eaves band. The east front has a central plank doorway, with a small shuttered opening above it. Inside, the walls are lined from floor to ceiling with brick nesting boxes. At the time of inspection, the dovecote was in a derelict condition. It is included for its group value.
Local climate
Dovecote to Rear of Ivy 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 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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