Dovecote at Muggeridge's Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Muggeridge's Farm
- WRENN ID
- ragged-turret-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Muggeridge's Farm, Maltings Road, Rettendon
- OS grid reference
- TQ 779 948
- Coordinates
- 51.62391, 0.5698
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Muggeridge's Farm is an 18th century or early 19th century structure made of red brick and features an octagonal shape. The doorway is set within a semi-circular arched recess, and there are bullseye windows on three sides. The roof is covered with slate and has oversailing brick eaves courses.
Local climate
Dovecote at Muggeridge's Farm receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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