Dovecot About 80 Yards South East of the Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1960. A C14 Dovecot.
Dovecot About 80 Yards South East of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- first-cellar-nightshade
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1960
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- SO 455 224
- Coordinates
- 51.8976, -2.79287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecot, located about 80 yards southeast of the Church of St Michael, dates back to the 14th century. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and features a truncated conical roof that rises to a parapet, behind which sits a central domed cupola supported on shafts. The dovecot has a circular plan and a battered base, with water spouts located on the north and south sides. The entrance on the south side, which dates to the 14th century, has shouldered jambs and a square head above it, along with an illegible inscription noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. There is also a 2-centred relieving arch above the entrance. A square-headed doorway on the north side is possibly from the 19th century. Inside, the dovecot features a domical stone roof with a circular central opening, 19 rows of nesting holes, and a large stone at the center where a potence would have been located.
Local climate
Dovecot About 80 Yards South East of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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