Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres North West of Number 57 (Prebendal Manor House) and Attached Walls, Outbuilding and Group of Foundations is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. A C18 Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres North West of Number 57 (Prebendal Manor House) and Attached Walls, Outbuilding and Group of Foundations
- WRENN ID
- lost-corbel-blackthorn
- 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 062 961
- Coordinates
- 52.55266, -0.43417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located approximately 20 meters northwest of Number 57 (Prebendal Manor House), along with its attached walls, outbuilding, and a group of foundations, is a notable structure. The walls are likely medieval, while the dovecote itself dates from the 16th and 18th centuries. It is built from squared coursed limestone and features a Collyweston slate roof with a rectangular plan. The dovecote has a central doorway with a wooden lintel and a narrow window opening just below the eaves, as well as a later window opening on the left side. The roof is hipped with gablets, added in the 18th century. Inside, there are 576 nesting boxes arranged in 15 tiers. The walls flanking the dovecote are made of squared coursed and banded limestone, showing signs of a gateway that aligns with the position of the later dovecote. An attached outbuilding, used as an earth closet, contains a two-seater arrangement. The group of foundations nearby represents the medieval remains of a solar that was part of Number 57 (Prebendal Manor House).
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres North West of Number 57 (Prebendal Manor House) and Attached Walls, Outbuilding and Group of Foundations 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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