Dovecote About 100 Metres North of Burton Court is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1953. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 100 Metres North of Burton Court
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-moat-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1953
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 422 573
- Coordinates
- 52.21097, -2.84607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located about 100 metres north of Burton Court, dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with some repairs made in the early 20th century. It features a timber-frame structure with sheet cladding set on a coursed rubble base, topped by a graduated stone tile roof. The south front includes a ledged and boarded door with strap hinges on each floor. At the top, the roof is finished with a square-plan glover that has a pyramidal roof. The framing consists of small scantling with two rectangular panels high.
Local climate
Dovecote About 100 Metres North of Burton Court 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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