Dovecote Approximately 40 Yards North East of Loxley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1966. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 40 Yards North East of Loxley Hall
- WRENN ID
- inner-truss-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1966
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SK 061 321
- Coordinates
- 52.88705, -1.91003
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote located approximately 40 yards north-east of Loxley Hall dates from the 18th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a hipped slate roof. The structure has an octagonal plan and consists of three stages, with an ashlar band at the first floor and a moulded eaves cornice.
On the ground floor, there are casement windows on the north-east and north-west faces, along with doors on the south-east and south-west faces. A door on the south face leads to the first floor, accessed by a flight of steps that includes a dog kennel. The upper stage has casements on each face, and all door and window openings have segmental heads.
Inside, the ground floor features chamfered and stopped ceiling beams, as well as arched recesses on each wall. The upper floor contains a potence and a central octagonal post above a tie beam.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 40 Yards North East of Loxley Hall receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% 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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