Dovecote at Home Farm to South of House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. Dovecote.

Dovecote at Home Farm to South of House

WRENN ID
rusted-beam-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1988
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote at Home Farm to South of House, Putteridge Park, Offley
OS grid reference
TL 117 243
Coordinates
51.90692, -0.37647
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at Home Farm, located to the south of the house, dates from the 18th century and was cased in stucco in the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with white brick dressings that are visible where the stucco has fallen off. The plinth is faced with York stone slabs, and there are Portland stone sills to the small slot openings and the doorway. The roof is scalloped slate with a flat top, where an octagonal cupola has been removed. This tall, single-storey octagonal dovecote stands in the corner of a field opposite the house and features a 4-centred arched door on the west side. It has string courses and dripmoulds in stucco, along with a wide plastered eaves soffit. A drawing from 1860 in the library at Putteridge Bury shows the dovecote complete with its cupola.

Local climate

Dovecote at Home Farm to South of House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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