Dovecote and Attached Cow House About 30 Yards North of Court Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. Dovecote and cow house.
Dovecote and Attached Cow House About 30 Yards North of Court Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- eternal-copper-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote and cow house
- OS grid reference
- SO 915 622
- Coordinates
- 52.25809, -2.12539
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a dovecote, now used as a store, and an attached cow house located about 30 yards north of Court Farmhouse. It dates from the mid- to late 19th century. The dovecote is constructed of brick and features a pyramidal plain tiled roof with overhanging eaves and a square plan. It has two levels; the south elevation, which faces the farmhouse, includes a square light and a doorway at ground-floor level, along with a large central doorway at the upper level, all featuring gauged flat heads. The west and north elevations have a central lancet with ashlar dressings, flanked by blind cruciform slit windows.
At the top, there is a large, elaborately painted timber lantern with a cross-gabled roof. Each face of the lantern has a pointed-arched recess, two rows of plank weatherings, pierced scalloped bargeboards, and moulded finials and pendants at the bases and apexes of the gables, topped with a weathervane. Inside, the ground floor has a parallel tunnel vaulted ceiling aligned north/south.
The cow house adjoins the east elevation of the dovecote and is made of brick with blue brick dressings and a plain tiled roof featuring parapets at the gable ends. It consists of two bays and two levels, with a dentilled eaves cornice. The main south elevation has two wood-mullioned windows and two doorways, all with cambered heads. There is a 2-light 19th-century casement window at the east gable end, along with a 20th-century attic light above. This well-detailed dovecote is prominently situated and has group value with Court Farmhouse.
Local climate
Dovecote and Attached Cow House About 30 Yards North of Court Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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