Dovecote at the Manor is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1968. Dovecote. 5 related planning applications.
Dovecote at the Manor
- WRENN ID
- bitter-solder-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1968
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at the Manor, Stowe Ix Churches, NN7 4SG
- OS grid reference
- SP 639 576
- Coordinates
- 52.21356, -1.06572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at The Manor is an 18th-century structure built from coursed squared limestone with ironstone quoins and a tiled roof. It is a tall rectangular building featuring a plank door. The stone-coped gables have kneelers, and the gable at the rear is topped with a weather vane. Inside, there is a complete set of nestings for the pigeons.
Local climate
Dovecote at the Manor sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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