Dovecote to South West of Elsenham Place is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. Dovecote.
Dovecote to South West of Elsenham Place
- WRENN ID
- standing-flue-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote to South West of Elsenham Place, Henham Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 540 263
- Coordinates
- 51.91475, 0.23809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote located to the south-west of Elsenham Place is a 17th-century structure. It features a square timber frame with a brick base, a weather-boarded plinth, and plastered upper sections. The roof is pyramid-shaped and is topped with an open cupola that has a smaller pyramid roof. Inside, the dovecote retains its original nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote to South West of Elsenham Place sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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