Dovecote, Approximately 75 Metres South East of Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A Early Modern Dovecote.
Dovecote, Approximately 75 Metres South East of Manor House
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-cupola-coral
- 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
- Period
- Early Modern
- OS grid reference
- SP 582 019
- Coordinates
- 51.71304, -1.1577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, built in 1714 as indicated on the rear of the door lintel, is located approximately 75 metres southeast of the Manor House in Garsington. Constructed from limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, it features an old plain-tile roof and has a square plan. The walls are set on a plinth and are quartered with flush ashlar quoining and banding. There is an old plank door on the west side, topped by a one-piece stone segmental-arched head, and two-light stone-mullioned openings at high level on the north and south sides. The initials "I W" are inscribed on a quoin in the south wall. The dovecote has a pyramid roof with a square wooden pyramid-roofed glover.
Inside, the roof consists of one row of purlins, with ashlar pieces supporting the rafters and a suspended octagonal ring-beam bracketed from the principals. Intersecting beams at half-height feature a central hole for a potence-shaft. The walls are lined with stone nesting boxes. This structure was built for a member of the Wickham family.
Local climate
Dovecote, Approximately 75 Metres South East of Manor 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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