Dovecote and Kennels Approx 30 Yards South West of Kennels Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Dovecote, kennels.

Dovecote and Kennels Approx 30 Yards South West of Kennels Cottage

WRENN ID
tenth-stair-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1986
Type
Dovecote, kennels
OS grid reference
NZ 037 703
Coordinates
55.02771, -1.94337
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a dovecote, kennels, and bothy located approximately 30 yards southwest of Kennels Cottage, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of dressed stone with ashlar dressings and features a graduated Welsh slate roof. The structure is single-storey with a two-storey dovecote and consists of five bays. There is a boarded door in the fourth bay and 12-pane sash windows. The roof is hipped.

The square, ashlar dovecote projects through the roof over the central bay and includes a two-light double-chamfered mullioned window. It has a gabled roof with a wooden turret that contains pigeon holes.

To the right of the building, there are two dog exercise yards enclosed by high spiked railings. Inside the dovecote, there are brick nesting boxes and the original potence for collecting eggs.

Local climate

Dovecote and Kennels Approx 30 Yards South West of Kennels Cottage receives an average of 860 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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