Ornamental Dovecote About 7 Yards of Water Garden is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1986. Dovecote.

Ornamental Dovecote About 7 Yards of Water Garden

WRENN ID
over-pewter-azure
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 278 175
Coordinates
51.85568, -1.59721
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This ornamental dovecote, located about 7 yards from the water garden, was built around 1903-1906, likely by the architects Perkins and Bulmer. It is constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings and features a Cotswold stone roof. The dovecote has a square plinth that includes benches and a broaching above to the shaft that supports a hipped canopy. Above this, there is a cross-gabled stone elate-hung pigeon loft.

Local climate

Ornamental Dovecote About 7 Yards of Water Garden 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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