Dovecote at Dodleston Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Dodleston Hall
- WRENN ID
- kindled-floor-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Dodleston Hall, Kinnerton Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 360 615
- Coordinates
- 53.14691, -2.95751
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Dodleston Hall, likely built around 1793, is a circular brick tower topped with a conical slate roof that has two stages, along with a louvred ventilator. An external flight of stone steps provides access to a boarded door. There is a circular flight-hole located at the back of the Hall. Inside, the dovecote features tiers of brick nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote at Dodleston Hall receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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