Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres South of Old Place Yard House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1952. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres South of Old Place Yard House
- WRENN ID
- scarred-soffit-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1952
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 583 221
- Coordinates
- 51.89525, -1.15367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located approximately 50 meters south of Old Place Yard House, is likely from the 17th century and was altered in the 20th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with squared quoins and some brick, topped with an old plain tile roof. The dovecote has a square plan and features slightly-battered walls that rise from a rubble plinth, which has double-stepped brick weatherings. The upper stage has small scattered openings from the 20th century. The front includes a central doorway and an upper door, which is now accessed by a 20th-century concrete external stair. The pyramid roof has boxed eaves and a perspex finial light. Inside, the rubble walls are lined with nesting boxes and have projecting stone ledges every third row, while the roof was rebuilt in the 20th century.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres South of Old Place Yard House 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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