Dovecote and attached outbuilding on west side of farmyard at Riddings Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. Dovecote, outbuilding. 1 related planning application.
Dovecote and attached outbuilding on west side of farmyard at Riddings Farm
- WRENN ID
- tilted-spandrel-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster North MP: Ed Miliband (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote, outbuilding
- Address
- Dovecote and attached outbuilding on west side of farmyard at Riddings Farm, Lawn Lane, Fenwick, DN6 0HB
- OS grid reference
- SE 604 163
- Coordinates
- 53.64054, -1.08648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a dovecote and an attached outbuilding located on the west side of the farmyard at Riddings Farm, dating from the late 18th century and consisting of two separate constructions. It is made of red brick laid in English garden wall bond, with stone slate eaves courses beneath a pantile roof. The structure has three and two storeys, arranged in a pattern of 1: 4: 1 bays, with the right end bay being of a later date.
At the north end of the range, the three-storey, single-cell dovecote features windows on the ground and first floors on the west side, along with blocked pigeon holes in the upper storey. It has an eaves band, shaped kneelers, and gable copings. The four-bay section to the right includes a segmentally-arched doorway and various casement windows, as well as two boarded hatches. The right end bay has a doorway on the left side with casements on each floor and a blocked doorway on the right side of the first floor. This section also displays shaped kneelers and gable copings, along with a brick ridge stack. At the rear, there are external steps leading to the dovecote.
Inside, the dovecote features principal-rafter trusses with raking queen struts and remains of nesting holes. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Dovecote and attached outbuilding on west side of farmyard at Riddings Farm 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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