Dovecote Approximately 15 Metres West of Dovecote House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.
Dovecote Approximately 15 Metres West of Dovecote House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-transept-aspen
- 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 012 835
- Coordinates
- 52.44076, -0.5122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 15 meters west of Dovecote House, dating from the mid-17th century. It is constructed of regularly coursed limestone and features a Collyweston slate roof. The dovecote has a circular plan and includes a small plank door set beneath a wooden lintel. There is a string course at the midpoint of the structure, and it is topped with a conical roof that has a wooden glover at the apex. Inside, the dovecote contains 500 nesting boxes and a revolving access ladder.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 15 Metres West of Dovecote House 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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