Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1957. Dovecote.
Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- grim-render-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North East Hampshire MP: Alex Brewer (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1957
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote, Old Basing and Lychpit
- OS grid reference
- SU 660 526
- Coordinates
- 51.26887, -1.05428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, dating from the 16th century, is situated at the angle of the garden wall. It has an irregular octagonal shape topped with a conical (hipped) tile roof that features a finial. The eaves are supported by heavy beams on projecting brackets. The structure is made of red brick in English bond with an incomplete diaper pattern of blue headers, and it has offset and plinths. The doorway is framed with a heavy solid frame, and above it, there is a dormer with a weather-boarded front that includes ledges and pigeon holes. Inside, the dovecote is circular, lined with pigeon holes made from chalk blocks arranged in four bands of five levels, interspersed with brick bands. A potence, which is a vertical spindle with arms reinforced by brackets, supports a ladder for accessing the pigeon holes, and it is fixed between the roof framing and a block in the center of the floor.
Local climate
Dovecote receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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