Dovecote 50 Metres South-West of Red House Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Dovecote.
Dovecote 50 Metres South-West of Red House Farm House
- WRENN ID
- steep-joist-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1988
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- NY 970 651
- Coordinates
- 54.98096, -2.04729
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located 50 metres south-west of Red House Farmhouse, dates from the mid-18th century and was altered in the late 20th century. It is constructed of squared rubble with cut quoins and dressings, topped with a stone slate roof. This square, three-storey building features first and second floor bands, as well as an arcaded eaves corbel table. The east and west sides have small-paned casement windows with pointed arches and stone surrounds, while the ground floor windows are 20th-century copies. There are similar casements in square-headed openings, and a renewed door on the north side. The roof is pyramidal with flanking stacks, one of which is banded and the other rendered over.
A 20th-century extension on the south side and an attached garage on the north side are not of special interest. A painting from around 1785 at Beaufront Castle depicts the dovecote with a wooden louvre on the roof, which would have allowed access for pigeons.
Local climate
Dovecote 50 Metres South-West of Red House Farm House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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