Dovecote and Outbuilding Approx 30 Yards North of Bolam Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1969. Dovecote, outbuilding.

Dovecote and Outbuilding Approx 30 Yards North of Bolam Hall

WRENN ID
gentle-loggia-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1969
Type
Dovecote, outbuilding
OS grid reference
NZ 087 824
Coordinates
55.13671, -1.86458
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a dovecote with an attached stable and workshop, located approximately 30 yards north of Bolam Hall. The dovecote dates from the 18th century, while the attached building is from the 19th century. The dovecote is constructed of dressed stone, and the attached building features ashlar with Welsh slate roofs.

The dovecote is two storeys high and square in shape, with a boarded door on the ground floor. Above the door, there are two pairs of pigeon holes set in a stone screen, complete with alighting ledges. It has a pyramidal roof.

The attached building is a single storey with three bays. It has a boarded door on the left, a stable door on the right, and a window on the extreme right. The roof is hipped and features a lead ventilator and a corniced chimney stack on the rear slope.

Local climate

Dovecote and Outbuilding Approx 30 Yards North of Bolam Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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