Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres South of Upper Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. Dovecote, bakehouse.
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres South of Upper Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- leaning-steel-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1988
- Type
- Dovecote, bakehouse
- OS grid reference
- SP 388 241
- Coordinates
- 51.91429, -1.43659
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a dovecote and bakehouse, likely dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of part-rendered limestone rubble with some ashlar dressings and features a Welsh-slate roof. The structure has a square plan and consists of two storeys plus a loft.
The entrance front includes a plant, with a door positioned to the left and a central, renewed two-light casement window on the first floor, both featuring wooden lintels. Below the eaves, there is a single row of dovecotes. The left gable wall has a blacked doorway at the first-floor level, while the right gable wall features a large rectangular projection for a bread oven. The right wall and rear are roughcast and have quoin decoration at the angles, all of which was renewed in the 20th century. The gable parapets have projecting moulded kneelers and triangular copings.
Inside, there is a large open fireplace that includes a bread oven, and the loft floor is lined with stone nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres South of Upper 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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