Dovecote at Faulston House is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1960. A Early 17th century Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.
Dovecote at Faulston House
- WRENN ID
- first-corbel-rowan
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1960
- Type
- Dovecote
- Period
- Early 17th century
- Address
- Dovecote at Faulston House, Mill Lane, Bishopstone, SP5 4BQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 072 256
- Coordinates
- 51.02999, -1.89743
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Faulston House is an early 17th-century structure made of flint with dressed limestone bands. It features a conical tiled roof topped with a raised conical louvre at the apex. Originally built with several storeys, it is now open from the ground to the roof. The north side, which faces Faulston House, has a tall chamfered doorway, with the upper part now blocked. To the left, there is a first-floor planked door and recessed chamfered square windows or loopholes. The west side includes a blocked Tudor-arched opening at the upper floor level and several loopholes. The south side has one blocked and one open recessed chamfered window. Inside, there are stone corbels that supported the former first floor, and the walls above are lined with stone pigeon boxes, along with renewed roof timbers. Local legend and John Aubrey mention that there were once four such towers around the moated Faulston House, although this has not been confirmed.
Local climate
Dovecote at Faulston House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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