Dovecote to North West of the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. Dovecote.

Dovecote to North West of the Old Rectory

WRENN ID
lunar-jade-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Milton Keynes
Constituency
Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 March 1952
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote to North West of the Old Rectory, High Street, Great Linford
OS grid reference
SP 851 421
Coordinates
52.07093, -0.75884
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote, located to the northwest of The Old Rectory in Great Linford, is a roofless structure dating from the early 17th century. It is built of stone and has a square plan with a simple door. The walls feature nesting boxes. Originally, the dovecote had a hipped tiled roof topped with a square cupola.

Local climate

Dovecote to North West of the Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% 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 56% 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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