Dovecot at Axwell Park House Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. Dovecot. 1 related planning application.

Dovecot at Axwell Park House Farm

WRENN ID
fallow-beam-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 November 1985
Type
Dovecot
Address
Dovecot at Axwell Park House Farm, Axwell Park Road, NE21 6RN
OS grid reference
NZ 189 621
Coordinates
54.95338, -1.70574
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecot at Axwell Park House Farm dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble and features a roof made of Welsh slate. The structure is a circular, straight-sided tower with an irregular stone lintel and a curved stone sill at the doorway. Above the entrance, there is a small square window that also has a stone lintel. Inside, the dovecot has a stone flagged floor, pigeon holes around the walls, and a boarded floor positioned halfway up the interior.

Local climate

Dovecot at Axwell Park House Farm receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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