Dovecote at Foggathorpe House is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1987. Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.
Dovecote at Foggathorpe House
- WRENN ID
- far-copper-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington MP: David Davis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1987
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Foggathorpe House, Bell Lane, YO8 6PX
- OS grid reference
- SE 758 369
- Coordinates
- 53.82344, -0.84894
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Foggathorpe House is a mid-18th century structure built of brick in English garden wall bond, topped with a pantile roof. It stands two storeys tall and has two bays. The building features two board doors, with the right door located beneath a divided overlight. There is a fixed window on the first floor, and the eaves have a stepped course. The gable end includes a slatted window and bird perches, although the bird openings have been blocked. The gable is finished with coping and shaped kneelers. This dovecote is included for its group value.
Local climate
Dovecote at Foggathorpe House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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