Dovecote Approximately 30 Metres North of Rectory Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1953. Dovecote.

Dovecote Approximately 30 Metres North of Rectory Farmhouse

WRENN ID
dusted-bronze-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 May 1953
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
SK 028 377
Coordinates
52.93672, -1.95929
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a dovecote located approximately 30 meters north of Rectory Farmhouse, built in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a pyramidal, hipped tile roof with a dentilled eaves course. The dovecote has a square plan and tall elevations, which are adorned on two sides with Perpendicular style blind three-light windows that have panel tracery, all made from brickwork. At the apex, there is a lead-covered pyramidal roof that serves as a landing stage.

Local climate

Dovecote Approximately 30 Metres North of Rectory Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 80% 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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