Dovecote 75m north-west of Corsham Court is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2017. Dovecote.
Dovecote 75m north-west of Corsham Court
- WRENN ID
- twisted-balcony-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2017
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote 75m north-west of Corsham Court, Estate Yard, Chippenham
- OS grid reference
- ST 873 707
- Coordinates
- 51.43565, -2.18387
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, likely built in the late 16th century, is located 75 meters northwest of Corsham Court. It is made of limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a gabled stone-tiled roof, complete with bases for finials at the gable ends. The structure has a rectangular plan and is oriented northwest to southeast.
The dovecote stands tall with three bays. On the southwest elevation, there is a low doorway with a chamfered, pointed-centred arched surround and a plank oak door. High in each gable end, there are small rectangular openings with moulded jambs and chamfered hoodmoulds, which provide entry for the doves.
Inside, the walls are lined with limewashed nesting boxes above a stone rubble plinth. There are two rows of ashlar alighting ledges around the walls, and the northeast and southwest timber wall plates also serve a similar purpose. The principal rafters feature high, tenoned collars and secondary lapped collars, with square-set purlins between them that form the base for a former louvre. Additionally, there are two rows of butt-purlins, and the eave ends of the rafters are beam-filled.
Local climate
Dovecote 75m north-west of Corsham Court 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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