Dovecot West South West of Chetwynd Park is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1971. A C18 Dovecot.
Dovecot West South West of Chetwynd Park
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-ledge-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1971
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- SJ 735 214
- Coordinates
- 52.79022, -2.39314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecot located west-south-west of Chetwynd Park is an 18th-century structure made of red brick and features an octagonal shape with a hipped tile roof topped by a small wooden lantern. It has a moulded brick dentil eaves cornice and displays blind arched panels on each side, with a blind circular panel above each, separated by a brick stringcourse. A round-arched doorway is present on the south side. Inside, there are approximately 700 brick nesting holes and a central poterice.
Local climate
Dovecot West South West of Chetwynd Park 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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