Dovecote Approximately 35 Metres North of the Engine is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1988. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 35 Metres North of the Engine
- WRENN ID
- nether-ashlar-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1988
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote Approximately 35 Metres North of the Engine, PE9 3PW
- OS grid reference
- SK 995 028
- Coordinates
- 52.61429, -0.53071
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century dovecote located approximately 35 meters north of The Engine on Collyweston High Street. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone and features a Collyweston slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan and is a single storey with a central 19th-century plank door. The roof is gabled, and the interior contains nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 35 Metres North of the Engine 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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