Fowl House/Dovecote Attached to North East Corner of Sweeney Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. A Georgian Dovecote.

Fowl House/Dovecote Attached to North East Corner of Sweeney Hall

WRENN ID
lone-kitchen-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 May 1986
Type
Dovecote
Period
Georgian
OS grid reference
SJ 293 265
Coordinates
52.83193, -3.05025
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The fowl house, or dovecote, is attached to the north-east corner of Sweeney Hall and dates from the late 18th century, with some later alterations. It is constructed of red brick and features a pedimented slate roof with a late 19th-century corbelled eaves cornice. The structure has a central pediment that is square in shape, flanked by lower lean-tos. There is an inserted doorway in the center, a roughly square opening to the right, and a segmental-headed doorway on the left lean-to. The pediment includes pigeon nesting holes and slate ledges.

Local climate

Fowl House/Dovecote Attached to North East Corner of Sweeney Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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