Dovecote at Number 72 is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1989. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Number 72
- WRENN ID
- turning-dormer-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1989
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Number 72, High Street, Castle Donington
- OS grid reference
- SK 442 268
- Coordinates
- 52.83755, -1.34506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Number 72 is a structure from the mid-18th century, with its lower part used as a stable. It features a high stone base and brick above, topped with a 20th-century tiled roof that has brick gable copings. This tall square building has chamfered and offset eaves that extend across the gable ends as band courses. It is two storeys high, with the lower storey featuring a stable door on the south side, set in an altered stone surround with a keyblock. There is a board door leading to the upper storey in the west wall, and the north wall has three small square dove entries with ledges.
Local climate
Dovecote at Number 72 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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