Dovecote to Olivers is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Dovecote.

Dovecote to Olivers

WRENN ID
winding-string-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote to Olivers, Oliver's Lane, Stanway
OS grid reference
TL 966 214
Coordinates
51.85654, 0.85405
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at Oliver's, dating from the late 17th century, is an octagonal structure that is timber framed and covered with black weatherboarding. It stands on a red brick plinth and features a grey slate roof.

Local climate

Dovecote to Olivers sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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