Dovecote About 20 Yards North of Eardisley Park is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1953. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 20 Yards North of Eardisley Park
- WRENN ID
- broken-beam-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1953
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 300 486
- Coordinates
- 52.13151, -3.02396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located about 20 yards north of Eardisley Park, dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of handmade brick and features a pyramidal stone-tiled roof, which is laid in diminishing courses. At the top, there is a timber lantern topped with a ball finial and a weathervane. The dovecote has a square plan and consists of two levels. On the south side, there is a wide archway with a cambered head. Inside, the upper level contains approximately 250 nesting boxes arranged in seven tiers on all four sides, complete with alighting ledges.
Local climate
Dovecote About 20 Yards North of Eardisley Park receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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