Dovecote Approximately 35 Metres South East of the Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 35 Metres South East of the Manor House
- WRENN ID
- scattered-clay-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- TL 003 971
- Coordinates
- 52.56327, -0.52082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, dating from the late 18th century, is located approximately 35 meters southeast of the Manor House in Kings Cliffe. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone and topped with a slate roof, featuring a circular plan. The building has a 19th or 20th-century doorway with a part-glazed door set under a wooden lintel, as well as a smaller original doorway. There are two 19th or 20th-century arch-headed casement windows. The dovecote is capped with a shallow conical roof that includes a glazed cupola. Inside, it contains about 670 nesting boxes made from clay tiles.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 35 Metres South East of the Manor House 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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