Dovecote Approximately 5 Metres East of Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 5 Metres East of Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- muffled-grate-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1988
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 442 170
- Coordinates
- 51.85056, -1.35967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located approximately 5 meters east of Manor Farmhouse, dates back to the 17th century and was altered in the late 18th century to serve as a loosebox with a granary. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high, with timber lintels above a 19th-century plank door on the right and a late 18th-century plank loft door in the left gable end. There is also a late 18th-century outshut to the right, made from similar materials. Inside, the dovecote contains doveholes and an inserted loft floor.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 5 Metres East of Manor Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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