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

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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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