Dovecote 80 Metres North West of Lainston House is a Grade II* listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1955. A C18 Dovecote.
Dovecote 80 Metres North West of Lainston House
- WRENN ID
- night-gallery-vale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Winchester
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1955
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SU 441 316
- Coordinates
- 51.08274, -1.37051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century dovecote located 80 meters northwest of Lainston House. It is constructed of chequerwork brick and features an old plain tile roof. The dovecote is octagonal in shape with a low plinth. On one side, there is a planked door positioned above another door. It has a timber ring-beam around the top and projecting eaves. Each face of the structure includes ventilator dormers. Inside, there are carved chalk nesting boxes, and the first floor is supported by central posts. The roof is held up by hammerbeams located at the center of each face.
Local climate
Dovecote 80 Metres North West of Lainston House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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