Dovecote at Numbers 38 and 40 is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Numbers 38 and 40
- WRENN ID
- worn-remnant-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1966
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Numbers 38 and 40, Ratcliffe Road, Thrussington
- OS grid reference
- SK 646 156
- Coordinates
- 52.7343, -1.04334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote dated 1716, located at Nos. 38 and 40 on Ratcliffe Road in Thrussington. It is constructed of red brick and features moulded brick eaves, with a roof made of Swithland slate. The building has brick coped shouldered gables facing outward and is a high single storey. The front has a door and a 2-light window in the gable. At the rear, there are double doors and a similar 2-light window in the gable, which also displays the date in black bricks. A slightly recessed stucco band runs all around below the eaves. Inside, the dovecote has a double purlin roof and rows of nesting boxes on all four sides.
Local climate
Dovecote at Numbers 38 and 40 receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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