Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres North of Castle End is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1953. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres North of Castle End
- WRENN ID
- tattered-jade-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1953
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 654 219
- Coordinates
- 51.89537, -2.50344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 50 metres north of Castle End, likely dating from the 17th century. It is constructed from rubble and features a pyramidal tile roof with an octagonal plan. The openings have plain reveals, with a doorway on the north side and a second, blocked, doorway on the west side. There is also an opening at a higher level on the south side. Inside, it is said to be circular and contains honeycomb nesting boxes in the upper parts of the walls.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres North of Castle End receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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