Pigeon Cote Approximately 40 Metres South of Ashurst's Hall is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. Dovecote.
Pigeon Cote Approximately 40 Metres South of Ashurst's Hall
- WRENN ID
- young-soffit-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SD 495 081
- Coordinates
- 53.56727, -2.76261
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 40 metres south of Ashurst's Hall, dating from the 17th century and restored in the 1980s. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and features a stone slate roof. The building has a square plan topped with a pyramidal roof and a central louvred oak glover. There is a string course below the eaves. On the north and west sides, there are low narrow openings with plain reveals. Below the string course on the north side, there are three small triangular openings with stone perches. The east side has a doorway with plain reveals and a 20th-century oak door. Inside, the dovecote contains stone nesting boxes built into all walls.
Local climate
Pigeon Cote Approximately 40 Metres South of Ashurst's Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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