Dovecote to South of Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Dovecote.
Dovecote to South of Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- roaming-cupola-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote to South of Manor Farmhouse, Grittleton
- OS grid reference
- ST 830 803
- Coordinates
- 51.52186, -2.24595
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote located to the south of Manor Farmhouse dates back to 1773. It is constructed from rubble stone and features a corrugated asbestos roof. The building has flush quoins and an elliptical arched opening on the east front at the ground floor. The upper floor is lined with ashlar nesting boxes, and the roof was replaced in the 20th century. Until around 1936, the dovecote had a stone slate roof topped with a lantern.
Local climate
Dovecote to South of Manor Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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