Dovecote at Ashbys is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Dovecote. 1 related planning application.
Dovecote at Ashbys
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-crypt-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Ashbys, Sutton Veny, BA12 7AE
- OS grid reference
- ST 915 410
- Coordinates
- 51.1688, -2.12243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Ashbys, dated 1810 on the gable datestone, is a square, two-storey structure built of Flemish bond brick with a tiled roof. It is raised on three brick tunnel vaults. The ground floor features a planked door with a segmental relieving arch, while the first floor has a 2-light leaded casement window with a relieving arch above it. The segmental arched gable includes seven stone arched pigeon holes and the datestone. Although the interior is not accessible, it is reported that the walls are lined with pigeon holes.
Local climate
Dovecote at Ashbys receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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