Aviary at Dropmore is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. A C19 Aviary.

Aviary at Dropmore

WRENN ID
silent-entrance-sage
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1985
Type
Aviary
Address
Aviary at Dropmore, Heathfield Road, Taplow
OS grid reference
SU 925 860
Coordinates
51.56576, -0.66617
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Aviary at Dropmore is an early 19th-century structure that features a symmetrical design in both plan and elevation. It has a cast-iron cage and is adorned with ceramic green tiles around the base, as uprights, and as a frieze, all imported from China. The aviary is built against a wall and has three projections topped with cupolas, with the central cupola being taller than the two outer ones. Inside the cages, there are four fountains with shells set in basins.

Local climate

Aviary at Dropmore sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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