Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres North East of the Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1966. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres North East of the Manor House
- WRENN ID
- sombre-stronghold-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1966
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SU 503 942
- Coordinates
- 51.64444, -1.27402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located approximately 100 metres northeast of the Manor House, likely dates from the 18th century. It features a stone uncoursed-rubble plinth with brick coping and is constructed of stone uncoursed-rubble with an old plain-tile roof. The structure is a two-storey, single-bay range with a plank door on the east side and a two-light opening under the eaves. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres North East of the 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 79% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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