Dovecote at Hormead Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Hormead Hall
- WRENN ID
- hushed-alcove-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Hormead Hall, Hall Lane
- OS grid reference
- TL 404 304
- Coordinates
- 51.95437, 0.04309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Hormead Hall is a 17th-century structure built with a timber frame and dark weatherboarding. It features a steep hipped roof covered in old red tiles, with gablets that include openings for doves. This small square building has a tall roof and a door that faces north. The entrance is a plank door, and there is a 2-light casement window. The dovecote has a post at each corner and in the middle of each wall, with a mid-height rail that is tenoned in-line. There are also rows of empty peg-holes that were used for fixing nest boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote at Hormead Hall 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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