Dovecote Opposite the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Dovecote.

Dovecote Opposite the Old Rectory

WRENN ID
ghost-kitchen-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1986
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote Opposite the Old Rectory, A 1068, Ashington
OS grid reference
NZ 255 858
Coordinates
55.16612, -1.60125
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a dovecote built in the mid-19th century, situated on a late 18th-century base. It is constructed from squared stone, featuring tooled-and-margined quoins and dressings, and has a pantile roof. The dovecote has a square plan and is raised at the west end of a range of shelter sheds. It includes segmental arches on the south and east sides, with some brick infill. There is an alighting shelf on the south side, located below three pairs of arched openings, and it has a pyramidal roof. The left side shows a boarded loft door beneath slatted openings. Inside, the dovecote is lined with nesting boxes. The nearby ruins of the shelter sheds are not considered of special interest.

Local climate

Dovecote Opposite the Old Rectory receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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