Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1954. Dovecote.
Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- knotted-fireplace-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1954
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote, Dovecote Yard, Orlingbury
- OS grid reference
- SP 861 723
- Coordinates
- 52.34222, -0.73686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dovecote, located in Orlingbury, is a structure likely dating from the mid-17th century. It is built from regularly coursed limestone with ironstone dressings and features a plain-tile roof. The dovecote has a rectangular, one-unit plan. There is a small door in the north gable, which is topped with a wooden lintel. On the west elevation, there is a two-light casement window, also under a wooden lintel. The gable ends are adorned with ashlar parapets and kneelers. The roof is pyramid-shaped and covered with slate. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Dovecote 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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