Dovecote 20 Metres West of Compton House is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1986. Dovecote.
Dovecote 20 Metres West of Compton House
- WRENN ID
- shifting-chamber-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1986
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SU 519 800
- Coordinates
- 51.51674, -1.25215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, now used as a garage and stores, dates from the late 17th century. It is constructed of brick and features a tiled roof. The building has a square plan with gables on each side. At the center of the roof, there is a timber louvre topped with a weathervane. On the north elevation, there is a 2-light louvre situated above the garage doors.
Local climate
Dovecote 20 Metres West of Compton House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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