Dovecote About 50 Yards North-West of Upper Court is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 50 Yards North-West of Upper Court
- WRENN ID
- solitary-solder-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 946 367
- Coordinates
- 52.0295, -2.07906
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located about 50 yards north-west of Upper Court, dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed from coursed dressed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a stone-tiled roof laid in diminishing courses, along with gable-end parapets. The building has a rectangular plan and consists of two levels, with a chamfered eaves cornice. On the south side, there is a door with a loft opening above it. Inside, the upper level contains approximately 400 nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote About 50 Yards North-West of Upper Court receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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