Dovecote to East of Henley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Dovecote.

Dovecote to East of Henley Hall

WRENN ID
rusted-hall-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1974
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote to East of Henley Hall, Bitterley
OS grid reference
SO 542 760
Coordinates
52.3807, -2.67384
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote, located to the east of Henley Hall, dates from the 18th century. It features octagonal red brick walls set on a brick and stone plinth. The roof is an ornamental club tiled octahedral design, topped with a central lantern and finial. There is a doorway on the east side, which is set under a segmental arch and has a boarded door with applied cover beads. On the west wall, there is an eroded stone sundial. Inside, the dovecote has a honeycomb brick lining and a potence with a central post.

Local climate

Dovecote to East of Henley Hall receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 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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