Dovecote to South West of Bolehyde Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1985. Dovecote.

Dovecote to South West of Bolehyde Manor

WRENN ID
waning-cornice-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1985
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote to South West of Bolehyde Manor, Allington, Chippenham Without
OS grid reference
ST 892 756
Coordinates
51.47939, -2.15624
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote located to the southwest of Bolehyde Manor dates from the mid-17th century. It is constructed of rubble stone and features a stone-tiled roof with a coped south gable that includes a saddlestone. The building has flush quoins. The east gable end is adorned with an upper moulded oval light and two small stone quatrefoil lights positioned below. On the south side, there are two small casements with cambered heads and flush keystones. The west end wall contains dove openings, while the west gable end is topped with an iron weathervane inscribed with "C.O. 1657" in pierced letters.

Local climate

Dovecote to South West of Bolehyde Manor 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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