Dovecote About 35 Yards North-East of Stocks Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 35 Yards North-East of Stocks Yard
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-step-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1985
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 496 481
- Coordinates
- 52.12964, -2.73732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located about 35 yards north-east of Stocks House in Wellington. It was probably built in the mid-18th century and is constructed of brick with slate roofs. The dovecote has an octagonal shape and features diapered blue brick panels on each face. There is a low entrance door in a pegged frame on the south-east side, and it is topped with an octagonal wooden lantern. Inside, there are 18 rows of nests, each supported by two projecting brick headers for the ledges.
Local climate
Dovecote About 35 Yards North-East of Stocks Yard receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 86% 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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