Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres North of Home Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres North of Home Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- burning-ember-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SK 988 007
- Coordinates
- 52.59523, -0.54162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located approximately 50 meters north of Home Farmhouse, is likely from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is built from squared coursed limestone and features a Collyweston slate roof. The structure has a square plan and is a single storey. There is a small plank door on the south side. The roof is pyramid-shaped, topped with a glover that also has a pyramid roof and a finial. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is reported to still have nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres North of Home Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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