Dovecote at Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1986. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Manor House
- WRENN ID
- weathered-facade-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1986
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Manor House, Ham
- OS grid reference
- SU 329 629
- Coordinates
- 51.36424, -1.52821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Manor House, dated 1794, is a Grade II listed structure located in Ham Ham village. It is built of red brick featuring blue panels on the side facing the house and has a tiled roof. The dovecote has a square plan and is two stories high. The ground floor has a boarded door that is pierced for ventilation. The elevation displays a header bond pattern with a plat band and a date stone above the door. There are two small windows designed in English bond. At the top, there is a louvered glover with a windvane. Inside, the first floor contains approximately 300 nest holes with brick ledges separated by chalk blocks and features cross beams. The building underwent repairs in 1984.
Local climate
Dovecote at Manor House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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