Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres South East of Northcourt is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Dovecote/granary.
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres South East of Northcourt
- WRENN ID
- haunted-lancet-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote/granary
- OS grid reference
- SP 288 020
- Coordinates
- 51.71689, -1.58443
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located approximately 20 meters southeast of Northcourt, dates from the late 17th century and has undergone minor alterations. It is constructed of roughly coursed limestone rubble with alternating angle quoins and features a stone slate roof topped with a pyramidal-capped lantern. The building has a square plan, and the front gable includes doorways on each floor, along with a cat hole on the first floor, indicating it likely had external steps in the past.
Inside, there are plain ceiling beams and joists, as well as wide floorboards. A trap door in the first floor leads to corn bins, and a ladder connects the first floor to the second floor, where wooden pigeon nesting boxes are situated beneath the lantern, supported by a central collar and tie beam truss.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres South East of Northcourt 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
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