Dovecote at Dixies Farm is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. Dovecote, granary. 1 related planning application.
Dovecote at Dixies Farm
- WRENN ID
- tattered-wall-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- Dovecote, granary
- Address
- Dovecote at Dixies Farm, High Street, Ashwell, SG7 5PE
- OS grid reference
- TL 265 395
- Coordinates
- 52.03981, -0.15655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A dovecote and granary, dating from the late 17th century, largely rebuilt in the late 18th century. It is situated 30 metres southwest of Dixies Farm, in Ashwell. The building is constructed of red brick, with some chequered detailing, and has a hipped roof covered with plain tiles and featuring louvred gablets. The plan is square. Two storeys high, the building has dentilled brick eaves. The south elevation has plank doors on both the ground and first floors. The lower part of the ground floor incorporates some 17th-century bricks.
Local climate
Dovecote at Dixies Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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