Dovecote, Granary and Adjoining Barn Approximately 30 Metres North East of Moor Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. Dovecote, granary, barn.

Dovecote, Granary and Adjoining Barn Approximately 30 Metres North East of Moor Abbey

WRENN ID
under-baluster-sable
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, granary, barn
OS grid reference
SO 544 632
Coordinates
52.26595, -2.6682
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote, granary, and adjoining barn located approximately 30 meters northeast of Moor Abbey date from the 17th century, with the granary featuring elements from an earlier building and the barn from the 18th century. Constructed from sandstone rubble, the dovecote and granary have tiled roofs, while the barn has a corrugated metal roof.

The dovecote is a square, two-storey structure with gabled sides, and it is attached to the granary on the southwest and a seven-bay barn on the northeast. The granary is single-storey with an attic, featuring a gabled dormer that retains decorative struts from an earlier period, a 2-light casement window, and steps leading up to the attic floor at the southwest gable end. On the ground floor, there is a square-headed opening to the left of a ledged doorway and another square-headed opening to the right.

The dovecote includes a small square-headed light in the gable and a larger square-headed double doorway on the ground floor. Inside, it retains some nesting boxes. The barn to the right has one gabled dormer with an opening and three square-headed doorways with ledged doors, flanked by loop vents and two rows of triangular vents above. There is also a threshing floor entrance to the right, flanked by five rows of similar triangular-headed vents, and it features inclined strut trusses.

Local climate

Dovecote, Granary and Adjoining Barn Approximately 30 Metres North East of Moor Abbey receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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