Hawford Dovecote is a Grade II* listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1969. A C16 Dovecote.
Hawford Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- lost-minaret-autumn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1969
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Hawford Dovecote, Chatley Lane, Chatley, Ombersley, WR3 7SG
- OS grid reference
- SO 846 606
- Coordinates
- 52.24386, -2.22642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hawford Dovecote is a 16th-century dovecote that was restored in the late 20th century. It features a timber frame with rendered infill sitting on a sandstone rubble plinth, topped by a cross-gabled plain tiled roof with a gabled lantern. The building has a square plan.
The framing includes close-set vertical studding, with three rows to the tie-beam and two rows in each gable, supported by long straight braces in the lower corners. The north elevation has double doors, while the east elevation features a window with two wooden mullions and three iron bars, along with a blocked opening above it. There is also a blocked opening in the west elevation, and small attic lights in each gable with a single wooden mullion.
Inside, there is a blue brick floor, and approximately 150 nesting boxes remain on the west wall, with around 60 on the north wall. The National Trust purchased and restored the dovecote in 1978.
Local climate
Hawford Dovecote receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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