Garden Walls and Dovecote to South of Nos 3 and 4 is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Garden walls, dovecote.

Garden Walls and Dovecote to South of Nos 3 and 4

WRENN ID
watchful-pinnacle-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1986
Type
Garden walls, dovecote
Address
Garden Walls and Dovecote to South of Nos 3 and 4, Harnham, Belsay
OS grid reference
NZ 075 805
Coordinates
55.11886, -1.8828
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden walls and dovecote located to the south of Nos. 3 and 4 are made of dressed stone, with the date of construction being uncertain. The dovecote features a Welsh slate roof. The walls enclose three sides of the garden, standing approximately 8 feet high on the east and west sides, and lower on the south side, topped with flat coping.

The dovecote, situated in the south-east corner, is two storeys high and consists of one bay. There is a small boarded door on the west side for each floor. The south side has two pigeon holes with stone alighting ledges and is topped with a gabled roof.

Inside, the ground floor has a tunnel-vaulted ceiling supported by two chamfered transverse ribs that strengthen the vault. It is said locally that this space was used as the village mortuary.

Local climate

Garden Walls and Dovecote to South of Nos 3 and 4 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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