Shelter Sheds and Dovecote Circa 40 Yards South West of Shellacres Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Cartshed, granary, dovecote, implement shed.
Shelter Sheds and Dovecote Circa 40 Yards South West of Shellacres Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- final-belfry-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1988
- Type
- Cartshed, granary, dovecote, implement shed
- OS grid reference
- NT 897 432
- Coordinates
- 55.68276, -2.1642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a cartshed and granary with an attached dovecote and implement shed, located about 40 yards south-west of Shellacres Farmhouse. It dates from the mid-19th century and is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and a Welsh slate roof. The structure is two storeys high.
The shelter shed features nine elliptical arches, with eleven louvred windows and a pitching door above, all set within chamfered surrounds. To the right, there is a taller square, two-storey dovecote that has a round arch containing a stone screen with twelve pigeon holes. To the left, there is a single-storey store. Both the shelter shed and the store have gabled roofs, while the dovecote is topped with a pyramidal roof that has a ball finial.
Local climate
Shelter Sheds and Dovecote Circa 40 Yards South West of Shellacres Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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