Dovecote at Orford House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1967. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Orford House
- WRENN ID
- other-cinder-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Orford House, Cambridge Road, Ugley
- OS grid reference
- TL 515 271
- Coordinates
- 51.92236, 0.20231
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Orford House, located about 80 meters northeast of the main house, is an 18th-century structure made of timber framing and plaster, resting on a brick base. It has a square shape and features a doorway on the west side, with a two-light window positioned above it. The roof is pyramidal and tiled, adorned with a coved plaster eaves cornice, and topped with a square cupola that also has a pyramidal tiled roof. Inside, there are 350 nests for doves.
Local climate
Dovecote at Orford House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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