The Manor House and Dovecote House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. Manor house. 4 related planning applications.
The Manor House and Dovecote House
- WRENN ID
- dim-minaret-oak
- 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
- Manor house
- Address
- The Manor House and Dovecote House, Main Street, Cotterstock, PE8 5HD
- OS grid reference
- TL 047 905
- Coordinates
- 52.50285, -0.45801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House and Dovecote House is a former manor house that has been converted into two dwellings. It features a datestone from 1720 and was extended in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone with an ashlar facade and a Collyweston slate roof. Originally designed in a T-shape with a stair turret, it now has an L-shape plan. The structure is two storeys high with an attic and has a six-window range of 19th-century sash windows set in original openings, all under gauged stone heads with keyblocks.
To the left of the centre, there is a four-panel door with a semi-circular fanlight, plain wood pilasters, and a triangular dentilled pediment. The building features a chamfered plinth and a raised band between the floors. There are three hipped roof dormers with 19th-century sash windows, along with ashlar gable parapets, kneelers, and ashlar ridge and end stacks that have moulded cornices.
On the rear elevation, there is a tall arch-headed window that is now blocked. The rear wing was extended in the mid-19th century and includes various 19th-century sash and casement windows. While the interior was not inspected, it is noted to have an early 18th-century fireplace with a moulded stone surround and the original roof structure in the main range.
Local climate
The Manor House and Dovecote House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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