Dovecote and Attached Outbuildings at Park Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1987. Dovecote, outbuilding.
Dovecote and Attached Outbuildings at Park Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tall-loft-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1987
- Type
- Dovecote, outbuilding
- Address
- Dovecote and Attached Outbuildings at Park Farmhouse, Towcester
- OS grid reference
- SP 672 471
- Coordinates
- 52.11833, -1.01882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote and attached outbuildings at Park Farmhouse were built in 1843 and are constructed from coursed squared ironstone with slate roofs. The square dovecote features a pyramidal roof topped with a timber glover and an ogee lead roof. It is flanked by two single-storey wings that are symmetrical in design; the left wing has a gabled roof while the right wing has a hipped roof, both of which include central louvres. The eaves are nogged brick, and the structure is partly open on posts to a yard at the rear. The dovecote displays two carved limestone panels with coats of arms: the left panel is dated 1843 and features the arms of University College, while the right panel is dated 1631 and is said to bear the arms of James I. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Dovecote and Attached Outbuildings at Park Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% 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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