Dovecote to North West of Ashcroft House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Dovecote.

Dovecote to North West of Ashcroft House

WRENN ID
knotted-threshold-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1987
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote to North West of Ashcroft House, Ashcroft Road, Kingscote
OS grid reference
ST 799 949
Coordinates
51.65288, -2.29129
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote located to the northwest of Ashcroft House is likely from the early to mid-19th century and may incorporate decorative stonework from an earlier structure. It is built of coursed rubble stone and features a stone slate roof that is swept and pitched in the center, sloping from back to front on each side. The dovecote consists of a single range with a slightly projecting two-storey central section and single-storey wings on either side.

The apex of the central gable has five rows of perch holes arranged in a triangular pattern, with small triangular-headed vents surrounding it, and a large vent in the center below a string course. There is a central pointed archway that likely contains the original shaped plank door, which has vertical battening arranged in a Y-shape. On each side of the archway are rectangular recesses with moulded stone sills, each featuring a small glazed pointed arch single light at the base, topped with a stone lintel that is masked by ashlar infill at the front, and a pointed relieving arch above. Flanking the central section are large segmental arched recesses, each containing two high single ogee-head plain glazed lights, with a central blocked slit vent surrounded by a cross-shaped surround.

Local climate

Dovecote to North West of Ashcroft House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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