Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres North West of the Nunnery is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1988. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres North West of the Nunnery
- WRENN ID
- sheer-niche-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North West MP: Katie White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1988
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SE 288 451
- Coordinates
- 53.90199, -1.56229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located approximately 20 metres north-west of The Nunnery, is likely from the late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone and features a stone slate roof. The building has a rectangular single-cell plan with three low storeys and one bay. The east front includes two square windows at the ground floor, with a flight of stone steps at right angles leading to a doorway on the first floor. Above this doorway, there is another doorway, and a continuous stone ledge encircles the building at the level between these doorways. The south gable has a square opening, which is now glazed, at the second floor, with a semicircular perching ledge below it. The gable copings have scrolled ends and there is a weathervane on the south gable. The west side features only one altered or inserted window at the first floor.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres North West of the Nunnery receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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