Dovecote at Number 50 (The Firs) is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.
Dovecote at Number 50 (The Firs)
- WRENN ID
- hollow-buttress-bramble
- 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 Number 50 (The Firs), King Street, Seagrave, LE12 7LY
- OS grid reference
- SK 619 176
- Coordinates
- 52.75335, -1.08346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located at Number 50 (The Firs), dates from 1719. It is constructed of red brick with a granite rubble stone plinth and moulded brick eaves, capped by a Swithland slate roof. The building has coped gables and a small dormer window. Inside, there are nesting boxes and a roof structure comprised of two bays of tie beams.
Local climate
Dovecote at Number 50 (The Firs) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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