Rectory Farm, Dovecote *Approximately 20 Metres North North West of Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Dovecote.
Rectory Farm, Dovecote *Approximately 20 Metres North North West of Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tired-paling-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 421 028
- Coordinates
- 51.7228, -1.39149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Rectory Farm, located approximately 20 meters north-northwest of the farmhouse, dates from the 16th to early 17th century. It features weatherboard cladding over a timber frame, set on a limestone rubble plinth, and has a half-hipped stone slate roof. The structure is two storeys high with two bays of framing. There is a through-entry on the left side, and a 20th-century plank door with old strap hinges to the right. Dove-holes are present at the storey level, and the first floor jetties out at the rear. A glover, or decorative feature, surmounts the roof. Inside, the ground-floor end walls have two tiers of tension bracing, and there are wooden nesting boxes on the first floor, supported by a queen-post truss.
Local climate
Rectory Farm, Dovecote *Approximately 20 Metres North North West of Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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