Dovecote at Alderley Park is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Dovecote, store. 7 related planning applications.

Dovecote at Alderley Park

WRENN ID
tattered-sentry-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Dovecote, store
Address
Dovecote at Alderley Park, Congleton Road, Nether Alderley
OS grid reference
SJ 845 749
Coordinates
53.27106, -2.23351
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 19th century dovecote, originally built for Sir J T Stanley and now used as a store. The building is constructed of irregular bond orange brick with buff sandstone dressings. It has a pyramidal roof covered in Kerridge stone-slate. The dovecote is tall and hexagonal in plan, with a stone plinth, rusticated quoins and a modillion cornice. Each face features a circular hole, now either glazed or blocked, surrounded by ashlar and with a keystone at each cardinal point. The apex of the roof has an open wooden bellcote topped with a weathervane. Inside, the brickwork contains tiers of nesting holes, each with a projecting brick ledge, numbering over 400.

Local climate

Dovecote at Alderley Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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