Dovecote at Ballington Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1960. Dovecote.

Dovecote at Ballington Manor

WRENN ID
other-pediment-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 March 1960
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote at Ballington Manor, Warminster Road, Steeple Langford
OS grid reference
SU 023 378
Coordinates
51.14, -1.96848
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at Ballington Manor, likely built in the late 17th century, is constructed of dressed limestone and features a pyramidal tiled roof. This square, two-storey structure has a square-headed doorway on the south side. An external stone and brick stack with tiled offsets is located on the east side, which includes two small square openings. Inside, the walls are lined with stone and brick pigeon boxes.

Local climate

Dovecote at Ballington Manor receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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