Dovecote Approximately 10 Metres West of Wilby House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 10 Metres West of Wilby House
- WRENN ID
- drifting-cornice-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1986
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 866 659
- Coordinates
- 52.2848, -0.73155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, now functioning as an outbuilding, dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is constructed of regularly coursed limestone with a lias ashlar facade and features a plain-tile roof. The building has a square plan and stands two storeys tall, topped with a pyramid roof that is surmounted by a glover and a weather vane. The left and right elevations have leaded casements set under wooden lintels. Inside, the first floor contains nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 10 Metres West of Wilby House 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 86% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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