Dovecote North East of Wrockwardine Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. A C18 Dovecote.

Dovecote North East of Wrockwardine Hall

WRENN ID
distant-brass-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Telford and Wrekin
Constituency
The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1983
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
SJ 625 121
Coordinates
52.70574, -2.5563
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This 18th-century dovecote is located north-east of Wrockwardine Hall. It is constructed from red brick and has an octagonal shape with a hipped tiled roof. The building features a brick dentil eaves course and has circular flight openings on alternate sides. At the top, there is a timber octagonal cupola. Inside, the dovecote is lined with nesting holes that have brick ledges.

Local climate

Dovecote North East of Wrockwardine Hall receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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