Dovecote and Outbuilding to West of West Mews is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Dovecote, outbuilding.
Dovecote and Outbuilding to West of West Mews
- WRENN ID
- late-steel-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Dovecote, outbuilding
- Address
- Dovecote and Outbuilding to West of West Mews, Boldron Lane, Startforth
- OS grid reference
- NZ 044 161
- Coordinates
- 54.5402, -1.93212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote and an adjacent outbuilding located to the west of West Mews, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The structure is built of rubble with cut dressings and features a stone slate roof. The outbuilding includes a taller square dovecote at the northeast corner. The dovecote has round pigeon openings with stone surrounds on the east, north, and west sides, although the openings on the north and west are now blocked. It is topped with a pyramid roof. The outbuilding has boarded double doors located on the south side and at the west end. Inside the dovecote, there are paired brick nesting boxes arranged on stone shelves. This building was formerly part of the outbuildings of Low Startforth Hall.
Local climate
Dovecote and Outbuilding to West of West Mews receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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