Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres East of Dovecote House (Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1954. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres East of Dovecote House (Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- gilded-landing-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1954
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 884 739
- Coordinates
- 52.35627, -0.70253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 20 meters east of Dovecote House, which is not included in this listing. It is likely from the 17th century and is constructed of regularly coursed limestone with a pantile roof. The dovecote has a rectangular plan. The east gable features a small plank door with a heavy arch-headed wooden surround beneath a wooden lintel. The south elevation has a loft door, and the gable parapets are made of ashlar. The interior has not been inspected but is reported to contain nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres East of Dovecote House (Not Included) 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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