Dovecote About 15 Metres West of Drayton House is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1987. A Post-Medieval Dovecote.
Dovecote About 15 Metres West of Drayton House
- WRENN ID
- sombre-stone-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1987
- Type
- Dovecote
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SO 907 762
- Coordinates
- 52.38379, -2.13803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a dovecote located about 15 metres west of Drayton House, dating from the early 18th century and remodelled around 1940. It is constructed of brick and features a pyramidal tile roof topped with a glover. The dovecote has two storeys and a band at the ground floor. The south-east front has one window with a fixed casement. The entrance includes a rubbed brick head and a glazed door. The glover is capped by a wrought iron weathervane, which is pierced and inscribed with "H/ FD/ 1940". This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Dovecote About 15 Metres West of Drayton House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% 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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