Dovecote and Garage Block Approximately 30 Metres to North of Bucklebury House is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Dovecote and garage block.
Dovecote and Garage Block Approximately 30 Metres to North of Bucklebury House
- WRENN ID
- ruined-span-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Dovecote and garage block
- OS grid reference
- SU 555 704
- Coordinates
- 51.43077, -1.20287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote and garage block, located approximately 30 metres north of Bucklebury House, dates from around 1700. It is constructed of red brick and features an old tile pyramidal roof. The dovecote is situated to the north and includes a gabled louvred dormer on the west side, as well as a central timber cupola topped with a tiled cap and weathervane. The structure consists of two square blocks, with the lower garage block positioned to the south. The dovecote has double boarded doors beneath segmental doors on the west side. Inside, the dovecote retains brick nesting boxes built into the walls.
Local climate
Dovecote and Garage Block Approximately 30 Metres to North of Bucklebury House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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