Dovecote at White Place Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. A C18 Dovecote. 3 related planning applications.

Dovecote at White Place Farm

WRENN ID
woven-lead-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
Country
England
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote at White Place Farm, Sutton Road, Cookham
OS grid reference
SU 903 845
Coordinates
51.55222, -0.69766
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at White Place Farm, dating from the early 18th century, is now used for storage. It is constructed of chalk with brick dressings and quoins, topped with a hipped tile roof. The building has a square plan and features a 19th-century lantern with a small hipped tile roof. The east front has a semicircular planked entrance door with a brick arch. Inside, the dovecote contains nesting boxes on each wall.

Local climate

Dovecote at White Place Farm 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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