Dovecote at Irby Dales Farm Approximately 150 Metres West of Irby Dales Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North East Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1986. Dovecote. 6 related planning applications.
Dovecote at Irby Dales Farm Approximately 150 Metres West of Irby Dales Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- burning-ledge-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Brigg and Immingham MP: Martin Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1986
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- TA 193 045
- Coordinates
- 53.52411, -0.20094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Irby Dales Farm, built in 1855, is located approximately 150 metres west of the farmhouse. This structure is made of brick and is whitewashed, featuring a Welsh slate roof. It has an octagonal shape and serves as the centerpiece of the south side of the crew yard. The dovecote is two storeys high, with each face displaying round-arched recessed panels on both floors, separated by a two-course brick band.
On the south side, there is a recessed round-headed plank door with strap hinges, flanked by segmental-headed cast-iron windows that have six panes above ventilation grilles. The first floor features an inscribed datestone above the door and a panel to the left that includes two rows of three dove-holes. The eaves are stepped, and the roof is hipped and octagonal in shape.
Inside, the ground floor once housed a horse engine used to pump water into a tank above, which supplied the farmyard. The remaining space on the first floor is occupied by dove nesting holes.
Local climate
Dovecote at Irby Dales Farm Approximately 150 Metres West of Irby Dales Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Related listed building consents — 6 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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