Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres to North-West of Walcot Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Dovecote.

Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres to North-West of Walcot Hall

WRENN ID
ruined-tracery-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
SO 348 850
Coordinates
52.45957, -2.96062
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a dovecote located approximately 50 metres to the north-west of Walcot Hall. It is likely from the 17th century and was remodeled in the late 19th century. The structure is built from coursed rubble and squared and coursed limestone, topped with a conical plain tile roof. It has a circular plan and consists of one storey with a loft. There are three hipped dormers, each featuring two tiers of dove entrances. At the center, there is an octagonal wooden cupola that also has two tiers of dove entrances, topped with an ogee lead cap and a globe finial. The south-west side has a boarded door, while the north-east side contains two blocked arched windows and a relieving arch above a blocked door. Inside, there are nesting holes and a ladder leading to the loft.

Local climate

Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres to North-West of Walcot Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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