Dovecote 10 Metres North of Sockburn Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1988. Dovecote.
Dovecote 10 Metres North of Sockburn Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- wild-vault-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Stockton West MP: Matt Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1988
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- NZ 347 072
- Coordinates
- 54.45948, -1.46531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a dovecote located 10 metres north of Sockburn Farmhouse, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick in an irregular bond and features a pantiled roof. The dovecote has a square plan and stands two storeys tall. On the west side, there is a late 20th-century garage door with a partly-blocked round-arched opening above it, which contains a double row of arched pigeon holes. A similar opening can be found beneath the eaves on the east side. The eaves have stepped courses, and the roof is pyramidal with stone ridge tiles. At the top, there is a lead-sheathed cap with a small ball finial. The dovecote is included for its group value. A late 20th-century wall linking the dovecote to the farmhouse is not of interest.
Local climate
Dovecote 10 Metres North of Sockburn Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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