Dovecote at Chipping Hall (45 Meters to South West of House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Dovecote. 1 related planning application.
Dovecote at Chipping Hall (45 Meters to South West of House)
- WRENN ID
- tenth-balcony-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Chipping Hall (45 Meters to South West of House), High Road (A10), Buckland, SG9 0DP
- OS grid reference
- TL 355 319
- Coordinates
- 51.9692, -0.02877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dovecote, dating from circa 1700, converted to a granary in the 19th century and now used as a garden store. The dovecote is constructed of red brick, chequered with blue brick, and has a steep, pyramidial roof now covered in slates. It is a tall, square structure with a blocked principal entrance on the north side, featuring a brick label and an ovolo moulded oval window above. Ovolo moulded brick detailing is visible on the plinth and below the former plaster eaves cove. The walls are 13½ inches thick. A floor was inserted for use as a granary, with remains of bins on the north and south sides of the upper level. The lower part has been dug out to create a store with a door on the north side. The interior is plastered, with the ceiling following the shape of the roof inside. A single tie-beam runs north-south, and there are ties across each corner attached to the wallplate. The flat apex of the ceiling may have previously supported a cupola or lantern for dove access.
Local climate
Dovecote at Chipping Hall (45 Meters to South West of House) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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