The Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1969. Dovecote.
The Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- lesser-turret-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1969
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- The Dovecote, Capheaton
- OS grid reference
- NZ 030 802
- Coordinates
- 55.11697, -1.95381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dovecote is a former dovecote that has been converted into a house, dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of dressed stone, with a brick addition on the right side, and features a Welsh slate roof in a Gothick style.
The building is two storeys high and consists of one bay, with a single-storey, two-bay addition to the right. On the ground floor, there is a pointed-arched window, while the first floor has a window with a multi-foil cusped head and small flanking quatrefoils. All windows are fitted with 20th-century small-paned casements. The structure is adorned with a dentil cornice and a battlemented parapet, and there is a 20th-century door located at the rear.
Local climate
The Dovecote receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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