Dovecote at Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1959. A C18 Dovecote. 1 related planning application.
Dovecote at Manor House
- WRENN ID
- dusted-quoin-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1959
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Manor House, High Street South, Stewkley, LU7 0HR
- OS grid reference
- SP 852 256
- Coordinates
- 51.92312, -0.76213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 18th-century dovecote, originally part of Manor House (previously Manor Farmhouse), now used as a store. A stone plaque bearing the initials "H.G.A. 1704" is set into a moulded brick frame on the north side. The dovecote is constructed of brick, featuring diaper patterning using vitreous tile headers, apart from the north side. It has a moulded brick plinth, a moulded band course, eaves cornice, and brick pilasters to the corners with moulded necking. The roof is tiled, with a lead capping in the centre and an iron weathervane. The plan is octagonal. The west and southwest sides have windows with wooden grills, while the east side has a hipped dormer with leaded lights. Doorways are located on the north and south sides, the north doorway having a segmental head. The interior is complete, containing approximately 800 ogee-arched nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote at Manor House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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