Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres North West of Home Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1987. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres North West of Home Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- wild-chimney-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1987
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 831 894
- Coordinates
- 52.49643, -0.77616
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located approximately 75 meters northwest of Home Farmhouse, likely dates from the late 18th century but has earlier origins. It is constructed of ironstone ashlar and features a slate roof with a square plan. The building has a central plank door and a small oval window with a stone surround above it. At the top, there is a pyramid roof with a wooden glover at the apex. To the right, there is a 19th-century lean-to. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is reported to still have nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres North West of Home Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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