Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres West South West of Park Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres West South West of Park Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tired-rubblework-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1955
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 421 397
- Coordinates
- 52.05417, -1.3863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located approximately 50 meters west-southwest of Park Farmhouse, dates from around 1700. It is constructed from coursed ironstone rubble and features a steeply pitched stone slate roof laid in diminishing courses. The dovecote has a circular shape topped with a conical roof. A small, low entrance is adorned with a chamfered, arched stone head, and there is a rectangular window opening positioned above it. Below the eaves, there is a moulded stone cornice.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres West South West of Park Farmhouse 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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