Dovecote Approximately 1 Metre South West of Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 1 Metre South West of Brook House
- WRENN ID
- idle-copper-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SU 401 905
- Coordinates
- 51.61254, -1.42182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 1 meter southwest of Brook House, likely built in the early 18th century. The structure features a brick ground floor and timber-framing with lined render on the first floor, topped with an old plain-tile roof. It is a two-storey building with two bays. The ground floor has a central plank door. Inside, there are wooden dove-boxes on the first floor, and the roof is supported by a queenpost design.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 1 Metre South West of Brook House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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