Stable Granary and Dovecote Approximately 10 Metres North of Ackworth Grange is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1988. Stable, granary, dovecote.
Stable Granary and Dovecote Approximately 10 Metres North of Ackworth Grange
- WRENN ID
- sunken-fireplace-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1988
- Type
- Stable, granary, dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SE 459 174
- Coordinates
- 53.6519, -1.30556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a stable, granary, and dovecote dating from the 18th century, located approximately 10 metres north of Ackworth Grange. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone and handmade brown brick, topped with a slate roof, and has a rectangular plan. The structure stands three storeys high, with the topmost storey made of brick.
On the west side, there are three doorways; the center and right doorways have rectangular lintels, while the left doorway features a segmental head. Between the right doorways, there is a small window. The first floor has two square openings with plain surrounds, with the left opening flanked by slit breathers. The south gable wall includes a blocked square window on the first floor, a segmental-headed square window on the second floor, and stone gable coping with returned ends.
Inside, the building contains some re-used beams from an earlier timber-framed structure, and the pigeon loft is lined with nest holes.
Local climate
Stable Granary and Dovecote Approximately 10 Metres North of Ackworth Grange receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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