Dovecote at South of Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. A Stuart Dovecote. 4 related planning applications.
Dovecote at South of Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- under-kitchen-violet
- 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
- Period
- Stuart
- Address
- Dovecote at South of Manor Farmhouse, Addington Road, Woodford, NN14 4ES
- OS grid reference
- SP 966 768
- Coordinates
- 52.38092, -0.58129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located to the south of Manor Farmhouse, dates from the early to mid-17th century. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone and features a pantile roof. The building has a rectangular plan and includes plank doors with wood lintels on the rear and side elevations. The gabled roof is adorned with ashlar gable parapets and a wooden glover topped with a weathervane. Inside, the dovecote retains its original nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote at South of Manor Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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