Dovecote or Granary West of Plesheybury House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1967. A C17 Dovecote, granary. 3 related planning applications.
Dovecote or Granary West of Plesheybury House
- WRENN ID
- winding-clay-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1967
- Type
- Dovecote, granary
- Address
- Dovecote or Granary West of Plesheybury House, Bury Road, CM3 1HB
- OS grid reference
- TL 657 142
- Coordinates
- 51.80259, 0.4022
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A two-story dovecote, likely of 17th-century origin, stands west of Plesheybury House. Originally timber-framed with brick nogging, the exterior is now plastered. It has been used as a granary for a considerable time and now no longer functions as a dovecote. The structure rests on a number of brick piers. The pyramidal roof is tiled, with no central louvre. Birds accessed the dovecote through a small opening in the east wall, while the entrance door is located in the upper story of the building.
Local climate
Dovecote or Granary West of Plesheybury House 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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