Dovecote 100 Metres South West of Court of Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Dovecote.
Dovecote 100 Metres South West of Court of Hill
- WRENN ID
- drifting-flagstone-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 601 729
- Coordinates
- 52.35304, -2.58706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located 100 metres south-west of Court of Hill, dated 1767 as indicated by a weather-vane. It is constructed of brick with a moulded brick-capped rubble plinth and features a brick band at a high level. The dovecote has an octagonal plan and a plain-tile roof, which is topped by an open-arched lantern with a lead cupola. The entrance consists of a plain boarded door set in a half-round-headed frame with a semicircular arched brick lintel. There are no windows. Inside, the potence remains in place along with inserted timber nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote 100 Metres South West of Court of Hill receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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