Dovecot About 50 Yards South East of Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. A Early 18th century Dovecot.
Dovecot About 50 Yards South East of Brook House
- WRENN ID
- deep-tracery-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- Dovecot
- Period
- Early 18th century
- OS grid reference
- SO 437 507
- Coordinates
- 52.1524, -2.82346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecot located about 50 yards south-east of Brook House, likely built in the early 18th century. It features a deep sandstone rubble plinth and is timber-framed with brick nogging. The roof is pyramidal and covered with Welsh slate, topped by a lantern. The dovecot has a square plan aligned north-west to south-east and stands two storeys tall.
On the south-east elevation, there are thin, closely set studs arranged in two rows between the plinth and the wall-plate, crossed by long diagonal members from the corners of the wall-posts. It has two small openings and an entry with a ledged door located on the right-hand side of the plinth. The lantern has 16 glazing bars, a pyramidal roof, and a moulded oak finial. The right return features stairs that rise from the north to a ledged door leading to the first floor. Inside, there are several rows of nesting holes in the upper part of the framed walling.
Local climate
Dovecot About 50 Yards South East of Brook House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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