Dovecote at Cosgrove Hall is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1988. Dovecote.

Dovecote at Cosgrove Hall

WRENN ID
twelfth-baluster-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1988
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote at Cosgrove Hall, Stratford Road
OS grid reference
SP 790 423
Coordinates
52.07368, -0.84793
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at Cosgrove Hall is an early 18th-century structure. It has a square shape topped with a pyramidal roof made of plain tiles and features a square timber glover. The entrance consists of a plank door with a wooden lintel. The building also has projecting eaves supported by large wooden modillions.

Local climate

Dovecote at Cosgrove Hall 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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