Dovecote About 20 Metres East of Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1992. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 20 Metres East of Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-buttress-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1992
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 552 781
- Coordinates
- 52.39877, -1.1896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century dovecote located about 20 meters east of the Church of St Thomas. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish garden wall bond and features a brick dentil eaves cornice. The dovecote has a pyramidal roof made of machine tiles, with cemented hips and a small spike finial. It is square in plan and has a doorway to the right of the center on the west side, which is topped by a cambered brick arch and has a plank door. Above the door are two small pigeon holes, and there is a blocked opening on the north side. Inside, there is a low loft floor, and the walls are lined with pigeon holes that have stone ledges.
Local climate
Dovecote About 20 Metres East of Church of St Thomas receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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