Dovecote Approximately 15 Metres East of Woolpits Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 15 Metres East of Woolpits Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- kindled-spire-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- TL 692 262
- Coordinates
- 51.90884, 0.45855
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located approximately 15 metres east of Woolpits Farmhouse, dates from the 17th century. It is constructed from timber framing with plaster and features a brick plinth. The structure is square in shape and has a hipped roof covered with red plain tiles. At the top, there is a timber louvre, also with a hipped red plain tiled roof, which is topped by a weathervane. It is reputed to contain clay nests on the upper floor.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 15 Metres East of Woolpits Farmhouse 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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