Dovecote at Wood Hall Service Buildings to Wood Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1954. Dovecote, service building.

Dovecote at Wood Hall Service Buildings to Wood Hall

WRENN ID
lost-loggia-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 November 1954
Type
Dovecote, service building
Address
Dovecote at Wood Hall Service Buildings to Wood Hall, Woodhouse Lane, HX3 0UW
OS grid reference
SE 080 231
Coordinates
53.70511, -1.87964
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at Wood Hall, dating from the 17th to 18th century, is part of the service buildings surrounding the main estate. It features traditional stone construction with stone roofs arranged around a courtyard. The main two-storey building at the rear has stone-framed windows, which have been partly altered, and a high carriage door with a cambered arch. One section of this building is used as a dwelling. The yard is enclosed by a wall that includes a lintelled doorway and a carriage gate with altered piers. Attached to this is a low narrow wing, which has also been altered, leading to a square dovecote topped with a pyramidal roof and a finial. Each of the three faces of the dovecote has a small arched opening with a cornice above. This structure is of interest in relation to Wood Hall.

Local climate

Dovecote at Wood Hall Service Buildings to Wood Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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