Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres East of Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1987. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres East of Hill House
- WRENN ID
- frozen-rotunda-sienna
- 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 839 897
- Coordinates
- 52.49938, -0.76488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 20 meters east of Hill House, likely built in the mid-18th century. It features squared coursed ironstone and brick, along with close studded timber framing that has lattice and plaster infill, topped with a corrugated asbestos roof. The structure has a square plan and stands two stories tall. There is a blocked cart entrance on the ground floor with a brick lintel, while the first floor is timber framed with stone gable ends and has an entrance on the left. The roof is gabled and of 20th-century design, and there is a blocked window in the right gable. Inside, the dovecote retains its original timber and reed floor construction, and the gable walls contain nesting boxes that are partially lined with brick.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres East of Hill House 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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