Dovecote About 7 Yards North East of Court Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1986. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 7 Yards North East of Court Cottage
- WRENN ID
- weathered-jamb-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1986
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 277 174
- Coordinates
- 51.85495, -1.59882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located about 7 yards north-east of Court Cottage in Shipton-under-Wychwood, is likely from the early 17th century. It is constructed of rubble with a Cotswold stone roof and has undergone alterations and restoration. The building is two-and-a-half storeys tall with a square plan and a cross-gabled design, but it does not have a cupola. There is a string course above the ground floor and a band above the first floor, with coped verges featuring ball finials. The first floor includes 20th-century windows, notably a 3-light mullion window that replaces an earlier one, disrupting the line of the string course. Additionally, there is an elliptical-headed doorway on the first floor, accessed by 20th-century stairs, and a garage on the ground floor. The east and north sides maintain a more traditional appearance. Court Cottage is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Dovecote About 7 Yards North East of Court Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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