Dovecote Approximately 15 Metres South West of Fifield Manor is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1985. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 15 Metres South West of Fifield Manor
- WRENN ID
- eternal-finial-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1985
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SU 631 921
- Coordinates
- 51.62439, -1.08967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 15 meters southwest of Fifield Manor, dated 1767, as indicated by the datestone above the central doorway. The building features random coursed limestone rubble on the ground floor and flint on the first floor, with brick dressings. It has a rectangular plan and a central plank door surrounded by a brick frame. The roof is currently missing, and the interior contains brick nests. There are also subsidiary lean-to extensions.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 15 Metres South West of Fifield Manor sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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