Dovecote About 25 Yards West of Saleway Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 25 Yards West of Saleway Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- strange-attic-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 926 598
- Coordinates
- 52.23683, -2.1084
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located about 25 yards west of Saleway Farmhouse, dates back to around 1600 and has undergone some alterations in the mid-20th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and rendered infill, resting on a base of lias limestone rubble, and features a plain tiled roof. The dovecote has a square plan and consists of two levels.
The framing includes three panels from the sill to the wall-plate, with a long straight brace in the lower corner of the east elevation and a short swept brace in the left panel of the upper row on the west elevation. The roof structure comprises collar and tie-beam trusses supported by two struts to the collar.
In the lower level, 20th-century windows have been inserted, including a 6-light window in the north elevation and a 4-light window in the east elevation. The central panel of the north roof truss features lias limestone infill with five entry holes and alighting ledges, while there is an entrance on the south elevation. Inside, a floor has been added, but nesting boxes are reported to still exist in the upper level.
Local climate
Dovecote About 25 Yards West of Saleway Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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