Tower Adjacent to Eastern House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Tower, dovecote.

Tower Adjacent to Eastern House

WRENN ID
ghost-pavement-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1986
Type
Tower, dovecote
OS grid reference
NZ 103 856
Coordinates
55.16507, -1.83882
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a tower adjacent to Eastern House, dating from the early 19th century. It was originally a dovecote and is constructed from squared stone with dressings, topped by a slate roof in the Gothick style. The tower features two tall stages separated by a band. It has various windows with raised stone surrounds, including an upper window on the east side that is a two-light design with pointed heads and a column mullion. Above the band, there are two tiers of pigeon holes that are now boarded over, and the structure is capped with a projecting parapet supported by moulded corbels. This tower folly or dovecote is loosely inspired by the dovecote of Hartburn parish church.

Local climate

Tower Adjacent to Eastern House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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