Dovecote West of St Dunstans Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1955. A C16 Dovecote. 5 related planning applications.
Dovecote West of St Dunstans Church
- WRENN ID
- far-frieze-heath
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1955
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote West of St Dunstans Church, Mill Lane, Princes Risborough, HP27 9JE
- OS grid reference
- SP 811 044
- Coordinates
- 51.73282, -0.82569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located west of St. Dunstan's Church, likely dating from the 16th century and repaired around 1980. It is constructed from coursed rubble clunch, with some flint and tile, and features large dressed stone blocks at the corners. The dovecote has a pyramid-shaped tile roof and a central timber entry turret that has a similar roof. The northwest side includes a small doorway with a chamfered semi-circular arch made of clunch.
Local climate
Dovecote West of St Dunstans Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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