Dovecote and Garden Wall Approximately 30 Metres North-West of Old Sufton is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. A C18 Dovecote.
Dovecote and Garden Wall Approximately 30 Metres North-West of Old Sufton
- WRENN ID
- bitter-flue-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 575 384
- Coordinates
- 52.04273, -2.62066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote and garden wall, located approximately 30 meters north-west of Old Sufton, date from the 18th century, with the wall largely constructed in the 19th century. The dovecote is made of brick and features a slate roof topped with a lantern. It is circular in shape and has an entrance on the west side, with a central lantern above. Inside, the dovecote retains rows of nesting boxes. The garden wall is also made of brick, with part sandstone rubble footings, and includes pilaster buttressing at regular intervals as it steps down the hillside.
Local climate
Dovecote and Garden Wall Approximately 30 Metres North-West of Old Sufton receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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