Dovecote 30m west of Easton House is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. A C17 Dovecote.
Dovecote 30m west of Easton House
- WRENN ID
- former-balcony-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote 30m west of Easton House, Corsham
- OS grid reference
- ST 889 704
- Coordinates
- 51.43276, -2.16024
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote built in the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is made of limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, topped with a hipped, stone-tiled roof that has a central louvre.
The dovecote has a rectangular shape, measuring 5 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 4 meters high, and is oriented northeast to southwest. The exterior is tall and features a projecting string course. On the northeast elevation, there is a low rounded-arch doorway with moulded surrounds and a plank oak door. The southwest elevation has an oculus window that provided access for the doves.
Inside, the four walls are lined with ashlar nesting boxes. The roof structure consists of a pair of queen-post trusses and tenoned purlins. A later floor has been added, positioned 2.4 meters above ground level.
Local climate
Dovecote 30m west of Easton House 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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