Summer House/Dovecote 75 Metres South of Wester Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Summer house, dovecote.

Summer House/Dovecote 75 Metres South of Wester Hall

WRENN ID
hallowed-eave-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1988
Type
Summer house, dovecote
OS grid reference
NY 917 728
Coordinates
55.04981, -2.13133
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The summer house and dovecote, located 75 metres south of Wester Hall, dates from the early 18th century. It features coursed rubble on the south and west sides and brick on the north and east, with raised tooled dressings. The roof is made of Welsh slate, with stone slates at the eaves. The building has a square plan and includes a moulded stone eaves cornice on the north and east sides.

On the north side, there is an altered door topped with a swan-neck pediment, which is capped by a carved bust and heads, and has two pigeon holes above it. The east side has a part-slatted window in a similar architectural surround. The south side features an upper window, which is now blocked, set under a segmental arch with brick voussoirs and flanked by pigeon holes. There is also a small upper window on the west side. The structure is topped with a pyramidal roof that has a stone vase finial.

Local climate

Summer House/Dovecote 75 Metres South of Wester Hall receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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