Dovecote and Cartshed Approximately 70 Metres West of Betley Old Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1988. Dovecote, cartshed.
Dovecote and Cartshed Approximately 70 Metres West of Betley Old Hall
- WRENN ID
- distant-sandstone-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme MP: Adam Jogee (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1988
- Type
- Dovecote, cartshed
- OS grid reference
- SJ 751 490
- Coordinates
- 53.03836, -2.37241
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote and cartshed dating from the 18th century, located approximately 70 metres west of Betley Old Hall. It is constructed of red brick and features a hipped plain tile roof with a square plan. The building has two storeys and includes a dentilled eaves band. The cartshed has an entrance on the west side with a rounded arch and boarded doors. On the east side, there are openings for the dovecote, one of which has a segmental head. Inside, the walls of the first floor dovecote are lined with nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote and Cartshed Approximately 70 Metres West of Betley Old Hall receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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