Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres West of Culham Manor is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A Postmedieval Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres West of Culham Manor
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-latch-swift
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Dovecote
- Period
- Postmedieval
- OS grid reference
- SU 500 948
- Coordinates
- 51.65051, -1.27744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located approximately 75 meters west of Culham Manor, dates from 1685 and was built for Sir Cecil Bisshopp (or Bishop). It features a coursed stone rubble plinth with brick coping, along with coursed stone rubble walls that have brick dressings. The roof is covered with old plain tiles. The structure has a rectangular two-cell plan and is two stories high with two bays. A central plank door is framed by a brick surround and topped with a brick hood mould. There is a brick string course below the eaves, and two openings are present in the central cross-gable, as well as in the opposing cross-gable at the rear. Each end has a segmental-arched opening. Inside, there is a complex timber-framed roof structure, and the two cells are lined with 3,329 brick nesting boxes. This dovecote is reputed to be the second largest in England.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres West of Culham Manor 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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