Dovecote House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1992. Farmhouse.
Dovecote House
- WRENN ID
- ragged-iron-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1992
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Dovecote House, Newton and Little Oakley
- OS grid reference
- SP 881 834
- Coordinates
- 52.44163, -0.70429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dovecote House is a farmhouse that likely originated in the 17th century, with the main block dated "DM MDCCXCII" (1792). It features squared coursed limestone and limestone rubble, with ashlar dressings and roofs made of Collyweston stone slate. The main block is two storeys high with an attic and has a two-window range, characterized by coped gables and twin moulded stone end stacks. The windows are three-light small-paned casements with gauged stone heads and keystones, although the left-hand ground floor window has been replaced with French doors. There are also two hipped two-light dormers. A central square datestone with a cornice is present. The lower wing to the right is one storey high with an attic, featuring a brick ridge stack and an end stack on a stone base, along with casement windows and two hipped three-light dormers. The gable end has a datestone similar to that of the main block. A 20th-century lean-to porch is attached to the side. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Dovecote House 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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