Dovecote to North of Friarage is a Grade II listed building in the Stockton-on-Tees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1966. A Tudor Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.

Dovecote to North of Friarage

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockton-on-Tees
Constituency
Stockton West MP: Matt Vickers (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1966
Type
Dovecote
Period
Tudor
Address
Dovecote to North of Friarage, the Spital, Yarm, TS15 9EJ
OS grid reference
NZ 420 126
Coordinates
54.50705, -1.3524
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote located to the north of The Friarage is probably from the late 16th century or early 17th century. It is octagonal in shape, constructed of red brick with sandstone block quoins, and features a pointed pantiled roof. There is an extension to the northeast made of red brick with bands of darker brick and sandstone, which may be of a later date. The structure has two storeys and a first-floor string course. It includes a few round-arched openings with weathered stone surrounds. Inside the extension, which has part of an arcade on the ground floor, there are three barrel vaults that support a platform. A higher platform conceals the upper part of the main building, and there are no shelves or nesting boxes remaining.

Local climate

Dovecote to North of Friarage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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