Dovecote About 40 Metres West of Byford Court is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1953. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 40 Metres West of Byford Court
- WRENN ID
- shifting-frieze-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1953
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 395 429
- Coordinates
- 52.0814, -2.88302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located about 40 metres west of Byford Court, dating from the late 17th century and restored in the mid-20th century. It features a timber frame with rendered infill and a pyramidal stone tile roof, which is topped with a glazed glover and has swept eaves. The entrance is on the south wall and consists of a simple wooden architrave with a ledged and boarded door. The framing includes three rectangular panels that are high, with straight tension braces and angle braces. The interior has lost its nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote About 40 Metres West of Byford Court receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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