Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres South West of Drayton House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres South West of Drayton House
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-casement-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1987
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 963 799
- Coordinates
- 52.40894, -0.58519
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 100 meters southwest of Drayton House, built in the mid-18th century. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a Collyweston slate roof with a square plan. The dovecote has a central plank door set beneath a stone lintel. The upper stage includes oval windows that have plain ashlar surrounds and keyblocks. A moulded stone cornice adds detail to the structure, which is topped with a pyramid roof. The interior has not been inspected but is reported to contain nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres South West of Drayton House 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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