Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. Dovecote.
Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- silent-frieze-thrush
- 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
- Address
- Dovecote, Shobdon
- OS grid reference
- SO 400 627
- Coordinates
- 52.25982, -2.88006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, built in the early 18th century and restored in 1832, is located in Shobdon Park. It features a brick structure set on a coursed rubble plinth with a slate roof and has an octagonal plan. The building is two storeys high, with the upper storey having a blind segmental headed window on each side and a loft door on the north side. The entrance to the ground floor, located on the south side, has a pedimented stone doorcase that is dated 1832. The roof is topped with an octagonal timber glover that has semi-circular sides and is now glazed. Inside, the lower floor is used for garden storage, while the upper stage is reported to still have nesting boxes and a potence. The dovecote is situated within the walls of the kitchen garden.
Local climate
Dovecote receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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