Gestingthorpe Hall Dovecote Approximately 100 Metes South East of Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Dovecote.
Gestingthorpe Hall Dovecote Approximately 100 Metes South East of Hall
- WRENN ID
- lesser-courtyard-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- TL 811 385
- Coordinates
- 52.01603, 0.63807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gestingthorpe Hall Dovecote is a 17th-century structure located approximately 100 metres southeast of Gestingthorpe Hall. It is timber framed and plastered, with some brick repairs and 19th-century batten decoration. The dovecote features a pyramidal red tiled roof with four apex gables and a finial, as well as a gabled dormer on the east face. Each gable has an original moulded bargeboard. Above the door, there is a carved lintel with the initials I.E.A., likely representing I & A Elliston. The east wall contains brick-built pigeon holes, numbering approximately 130 to 140, with additional holes present in other walls.
Local climate
Gestingthorpe Hall Dovecote Approximately 100 Metes South East of 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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