The Recreation Room Tithe Barn and Dovecote is a Grade II* listed building in the Erewash local planning authority area, England. Tithe barn.

The Recreation Room Tithe Barn and Dovecote

WRENN ID
fading-joist-juniper
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Erewash
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Tithe barn
Address
The Recreation Room Tithe Barn and Dovecote, Church Lane, Morley
OS grid reference
SK 396 409
Coordinates
52.96453, -1.41075
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Recreation Room Tithe Barn and Dovecote is a 16th-century tithe barn that has been converted into a house and is now used for storage and as a recreation room. It is constructed from coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings and quoins, topped with a plain tile roof that features a brick stack in the pitch. The building has two storeys and the north elevation consists of four bays. The central doorway has a moulded round arch with ashlar spandrels and a hoodmould. There is a 19th-century doorway with ashlar jambs and a plank door. To the left, there is a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, a segmental arched cart entrance, and another similar 3-light window. To the right, there is a similar 3-light window, a 19th-century doorway with a stone lintel, and a 19th-century gabled cart shed attached to the north. The first floor features four 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows and a 19th-century doorway with a plank door. The west elevation has a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window on each floor, with the upper one altered and partly blocked. The south elevation includes one similar window and two massive buttresses. Inside, the barn has a double purlin roof supported by diagonal queen posts and diagonal braces.

Local climate

The Recreation Room Tithe Barn and Dovecote receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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