Former barn and attached dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Barn, dovecote. 1 related planning application.
Former barn and attached dovecote
- WRENN ID
- blind-stone-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- Barn, dovecote
- Address
- Former barn and attached dovecote, 23 and 25, Mill Farm Drive, Newmillerdam, Crigglestone, WF2 6QP
- OS grid reference
- SE 331 159
- Coordinates
- 53.6393, -1.4999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th-century barn with an attached dovecote, located near Newmillerdam in Crigglestone. Originally situated approximately 20 metres north of Humley Manor, it's now found at Mill Farm Drive, alongside numbers 23 and 25. The barn is constructed of hammer-dressed stone, and portions of the original stone slate roof remain. The barn is a long, six-bay range with a large cart entrance featuring composite jambs and a segmental arch with skewbacks and a chamfered surround. To the left of the cart entrance are two original windows, each featuring deep lintels and tie-stone jambs, while other openings have been inserted later. Inside, the barn has a king-post roof with single-angle struts and trenched purlins.
The attached dovecote is situated to the rear of the barn and its roof runs parallel to the barn’s roof. It is three bays wide, with a central doorway featuring composite jambs, a deep lintel with a chamfered surround, and a two-light double-chamfered mullioned window to the right. A further two-light window is set into the gable. The dovecote’s interior has two bays occupied by a columbarium, constructed of handmade brick with numerous nesting boxes, and features a fish-bone king-post truss.
The structure was partly ruinous at the time of a recent survey. It represents an unusual survival of this type of building in the region.
Local climate
Former barn and attached dovecote 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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