Dovecote at Broom Manor 40 Meters to East-South-East of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. Dovecote.

Dovecote at Broom Manor 40 Meters to East-South-East of House

WRENN ID
broken-screen-vermeil
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 Broom Manor 40 Meters to East-South-East of House, Back Lane (B1037), Cottered
OS grid reference
TL 310 285
Coordinates
51.94026, -0.09509
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at Broom Manor, located 40 meters to the east-south-east of the house, dates from around 1700. It is constructed of red brick, patterned with black headers, and features a steep pyramidal roof made of old red tiles, which has bellcast eaves. At the top, there is a square louvred wooden lantern capped with a pyramidal tiled roof. This tall, square, single-storey building has walls that are thirteen and a half inches thick and are roughly plastered on the inside. It has a projecting brick plinth and upright oval openings high on the north, south, and east faces, adorned with red and black arch-rings, although the eastern opening is blocked. The west face has a tall central doorway, which is topped by a flat pointed brick arch and framed by a heavy rebated oak doorframe, leading to a boarded door. The roof is supported by heavy hip rafters, with curved braces at the corners of the wallplates.

Local climate

Dovecote at Broom Manor 40 Meters to East-South-East of House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% 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 57% 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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