Dovehouse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. House.
Dovehouse Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fallen-chancel-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dovehouse Farmhouse, Heath Road, Mistley
- OS grid reference
- TM 127 304
- Coordinates
- 51.93218, 1.0934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dovehouse Farmhouse is a house that dates from the 18th century or earlier, with later alterations and additions. It is constructed with a timber frame, plastered and painted brick, and features red plain tiled double range roofs. The building has two off-centre left red brick chimney stacks and consists of several sections that include 18th and 19th-century features. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a three-window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes. The entrance is off-centre left and consists of a four-panelled door with a frieze and a flat canopy supported by brackets. The dovecote that was formerly listed as Grade II has been demolished.
Local climate
Dovehouse Farmhouse 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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