Dovecote Approximately 70 Metres North West of Eaglethorpe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 1967. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 70 Metres North West of Eaglethorpe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- white-garret-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 May 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- TL 075 916
- Coordinates
- 52.51183, -0.41729
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 70 meters northwest of Eaglethorpe Farmhouse, dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is built of regularly coursed limestone and features a Collyweston slate roof with a circular plan. The dovecote has a doorway with a wooden lintel, and above it, there is a casement opening also under a wooden lintel. The roof is conical and topped with a wooden glover that has a conical capping. Inside, the dovecote originally contained 797 nesting boxes made from timber, plaster, and lathe, supported by corbelled masonry; two sections of these nesting boxes still remain. The revolving ladder inside has been renewed.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 70 Metres North West of Eaglethorpe Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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