Dovecote Approximately 40 Metres South West of Rectory Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 40 Metres South West of Rectory Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- seventh-arch-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 249 024
- Coordinates
- 51.72018, -1.64048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located approximately 40 meters southwest of Rectory Farmhouse, is likely from the late 17th century and is currently used for storage. It is constructed from rendered uncoursed limestone rubble with alternating angle quoins and has an asbestos sheet roof. The building has a square plan and is two storeys high. A continuous string course runs around the structure, which is interrupted by a square-headed doorway on the first floor of the east side and a window on the north gable end. There is also a square-headed doorway on the ground floor of the east side, which is partly blocked by 20th-century external lateral steps leading to a boarded door on the first floor. This door has been infilled, and a 20th-century centre-hung casement has been inserted. Inside, the first floor features a wide boarded floor and two deep-chamfered cross beams with chamfer stops. Pigeon nesting holes are visible, although some are blocked. The roof is a double-purlin design with three bays supported by two collar and tie beam trusses.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 40 Metres South West of Rectory Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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