Dovecote About 30 Metres to South of Number 59 is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 30 Metres to South of Number 59
- WRENN ID
- sharp-lead-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1959
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SP 091 438
- Coordinates
- 52.09322, -1.86831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century dovecote located about 30 metres south of number 59 on Main Street in Bretforton. It is constructed of rubble and features a machine tile roof. The dovecote has a square plan with an entrance at the southeast corner. The glover on the roof has a pyramidal stone tile roof topped with a ball finial. Inside, the structure retains its nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote About 30 Metres to South of Number 59 receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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