Dovecote at Milton Ernest Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Milton Ernest Hall
- WRENN ID
- quartered-zinc-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Milton Ernest Hall, Bedford Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 016 557
- Coordinates
- 52.19081, -0.5138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Milton Ernest Hall, designed by William Butterfield, is located immediately north of the Hall. This structure is built of red brick and features an old clay tile roof. It has a hexagonal plan, small clasping corner buttresses, and a plinth. The dovecote has a plain wooden door with a two-light window above it, and a wrought iron sundial is positioned on top of the hexagonal pigeon entry at the roof apex. Additionally, there is a wrought iron bracket on the east side.
Local climate
Dovecote at Milton Ernest Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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