Dovecote Approximately 80 Metres East of the Manorhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. A C17 Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 80 Metres East of the Manorhouse
- WRENN ID
- roaming-balcony-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1966
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 516 121
- Coordinates
- 51.80517, -1.25239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, dating from the 17th century, is located approximately 80 meters east of the Manorhouse in Gosford and Water Eaton. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone with ashlar dressings and features a Stonesfield-slate roof. The dovecote has a square plan and its front includes a three-centre arched stone doorway with an outer rebate. The roof is pyramid-shaped and has a pyramid-roofed glover. The interior has not been inspected. This dovecote is part of a notable group of buildings.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 80 Metres East of the Manorhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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