Dovecote About 30 Yards South East of Great House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 30 Yards South East of Great House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- frozen-buttress-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1959
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 524 565
- Coordinates
- 52.20468, -2.69705
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century dovecote located about 30 yards southeast of Great House Farmhouse. It is built of handmade red brick with some blue brick dressings and features a pyramidal stone-tiled roof laid in diminishing courses, topped with a timber lantern at the apex. The dovecote has a square plan and two levels.
On the northwest front elevation, the openings all have cambered heads with decorative alternate blue brick headers. The facade consists of three bays, with the central bay wider than the outer bays. There are two rectangular windows with wooden bars on the ground floor, three blind windows above on the upper level, and a central doorway with a chamfered frame and a ledged and battened door fitted with strap hinges. A doorway on the northeast side provides access to the upper floor due to the change in ground level.
Inside, there are approximately 450 nesting boxes, each featuring a pointed arched entry hole.
Local climate
Dovecote About 30 Yards South East of Great House Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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