Dovecote, Rear of Beachwood is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1978. Dovecote. 1 related planning application.
Dovecote, Rear of Beachwood
- WRENN ID
- other-tin-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1978
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote, Rear of Beachwood, Dowgate Road, Leverington
- OS grid reference
- TF 446 106
- Coordinates
- 52.67413, 0.13787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century dovecote, located at the rear of Beachwood, is octagonal in shape and constructed of red brick. It features a hipped roof, which has now collapsed. The structure stands two storeys tall and has a band between the storeys, with an entry on the west side. Inside, the nesting boxes remain intact.
Local climate
Dovecote, Rear of Beachwood sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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