Dovecote Approximately 40 Metres to South West of Vessey Close Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1987. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 40 Metres to South West of Vessey Close Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-hall-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rotherham
- Constituency
- Rother Valley MP: Jake Richards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1987
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SK 481 863
- Coordinates
- 53.37215, -1.27792
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 40 metres southwest of Vessey Close Farmhouse, dating from the early to mid-18th century. It is constructed from coursed, dressed sandstone and features a stone slate roof. The dovecote is square in shape and has two storeys, with a single cell. There is an inserted door with a wooden lintel and a continuous ledge near the eaves. The gable has shaped kneelers, although the copings have been removed. On the right side, there is a blocked original doorway within a later outbuilding, which is not of special interest, featuring a bonded ashlar surround. The gable has a continuous ledge with another deep ledge above it, along with a blocked two-light square-faced mullioned window. Inside, there are brick nesting holes on both storeys and ledges in the upper storey.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 40 Metres to South West of Vessey Close Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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