Dovecote and Attached Wall and Gatepier at Radway Grange is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1952. Dovecote.

Dovecote and Attached Wall and Gatepier at Radway Grange

WRENN ID
twelfth-mortar-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 January 1952
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote and Attached Wall and Gatepier at Radway Grange, Tysoe Road
OS grid reference
SP 369 480
Coordinates
52.12948, -1.461
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote and attached wall and gatepier at Radway Grange date from the 17th century. The dovecote is constructed from regular coursed ironstone with irregular quoins and features a moulded cornice. It has a stone slate roof with coped gable parapets and kneelers, and is square in plan. The front facing the forecourt has a small two-light casement window with glazing bars. There is a glazed wooden lantern, likely from the 18th century, which has two arched lights with glazing bars on either side and a weathervane. The entrance at the rear has a plank door.

Inside, the dovecote retains nesting holes and has a rafter and purlin roof. The wall to the right is likely part 17th century but mostly 18th century. The ironstone wall features regular coursed sections with coping on the left and return sections, while the right section consists of large ashlar blocks with a stepped corner and shallow coping. The return section includes a gatepier made from part of a 16th or 17th century moulded architrave, used upside down, with sunk shaped panels and jewel work. The top of the moulded stone may be a section of plinth.

Local climate

Dovecote and Attached Wall and Gatepier at Radway Grange receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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