Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres North West of Ascott Park Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres North West of Ascott Park Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- quiet-shingle-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SU 611 982
- Coordinates
- 51.67974, -1.11766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located approximately 100 meters northwest of Ascott Park Farmhouse, dates back to the 16th century. It is constructed of red brick with some vitrified headers and features an old plain-tile roof. The building has an octagonal plan and is a single storey. The walls are adorned with a corbel table made of moulded bricks that create trefoiled arches, while grey vitrified headers form decorative patterns of horizontal zig-zag, diaper, and Flemish-bond chequer on the surfaces below. The doorway and a three-light casement window are later additions. The roof includes four small dormer openings and a low central glover. Inside, the dovecote has a circular plan with walls that contain tiers of nesting boxes. The roof features butt purlins and is likely largely original. This structure was part of the formal gardens of Ascott Park, which is listed in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission County Register of Gardens at Grade II.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres North West of Ascott Park Farmhouse 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 80% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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