Dovecote Circa 100 Yards South East of Surrey House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. A C18 Dovecote / gazebo.
Dovecote Circa 100 Yards South East of Surrey House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-brass-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- Dovecote / gazebo
- OS grid reference
- NU 003 257
- Coordinates
- 55.52536, -1.9955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located approximately 100 yards southeast of Surrey House, dates from the late 18th century and was originally designed as a gazebo. It is constructed of ashlar and features a hexagonal, two-storey design. The southeast side has a boarded door, while the ground floor includes three windows that are now blocked. On the first floor, there is one large square window opening on the south side, with quatrefoils on the other sides, two of which are blank. The building has a cyma-moulded cornice, but the roof has largely collapsed.
Inside, the ground floor contains nesting boxes built into the former window openings and features a stone rib vault with broad flat ribs and pointed cells between. There are also traces of painted decoration. It is likely that the structure was initially built as a gazebo before being converted into a dovecote.
Local climate
Dovecote Circa 100 Yards South East of Surrey House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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