Dovecote North West of Frosterley House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Dovecote.

Dovecote North West of Frosterley House

WRENN ID
guardian-iron-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote North West of Frosterley House, Front Street, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NZ 027 370
Coordinates
54.72818, -1.95889
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a dove-cote built around 1840, located northwest of Frosterley House. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with quoins and features ashlar and brick dressings, topped with a stone-flagged roof. The structure has two storeys and consists of one bay. There is a boarded door on the left side, which is set under a flat stone lintel. At the gable peak, there are six pigeon holes divided by brick vertical sections and supported by stone shelves.

Local climate

Dovecote North West of Frosterley House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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