Gateway and Wall of Former Dovecote Adjoining Berwick House to North East is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1987. Gateway, dovecote wall.
Gateway and Wall of Former Dovecote Adjoining Berwick House to North East
- WRENN ID
- bitter-wattle-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1987
- Type
- Gateway, dovecote wall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 471 148
- Coordinates
- 52.72837, -2.78475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and wall of the former dovecote adjoining Berwick House to the northeast date from the 18th century. The gateway, built around 1780 and possibly designed by Robert Mylne, features grey sandstone ashlar facing on red brick. It has a triple stepped plinth, a dentil cornice, and a blocking course with a moulded top and central finial. The round archway is adorned with chamfered voussoirs and square antae that have raised and fielded panels with moulded capitals. A pair of wooden gates is present, along with a 19th-century lamp suspended from the center of the arch.
To the right is the front wall of the former dovecote, constructed of red brick with grey sandstone ashlar dressings. This two-storey structure has a plinth with a chamfered stone top, chamfered quoins, and remnants of a moulded cornice. It features two bays with blind windows that have moulded stone cills and gauged-brick heads with triple keystones. The rear of the dovecote wall contains 189 nesting boxes with brick ledges. A map from 1760 by Thomas Ansell shows the dovecote but does not depict a gateway between it and the former stable block. Robert Mylne is known to have worked at Berwick in 1780 for Thomas Jelf Powys, suggesting that the gateway may be the only remaining feature from this period. The rest of the dovecote was likely demolished in 1878 to improve access to a new stable block built to the northeast of the house.
Local climate
Gateway and Wall of Former Dovecote Adjoining Berwick House to North East receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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