Dovecote Approximately 30 Metres South of Great Slampseys and Adjacent to Entrance Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. A G19 Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.
Dovecote Approximately 30 Metres South of Great Slampseys and Adjacent to Entrance Drive
- WRENN ID
- distant-quartz-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote Approximately 30 Metres South of Great Slampseys and Adjacent to Entrance Drive, CM77 7QW
- OS grid reference
- TL 738 198
- Coordinates
- 51.8505, 0.52308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This octagonal dovecote, dating from the 19th century, is located approximately 30 metres south of Great Slampseys and next to the entrance drive. It is constructed of red brick with gault dressings and features a pointed octagonal roof covered in red plain tiles with lead ridges. The roof includes four tiled gabled dormers, each with loop entrance holes. The walls have two windows and patterned brick openings, and there is a door on the north wall. The loft floor remains intact, making this an interesting and attractive example of its type from this period.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 30 Metres South of Great Slampseys and Adjacent to Entrance Drive 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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