Dovecote at Broadfield Hall Farm 25 Meters to North-East of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Dovecote.

Dovecote at Broadfield Hall Farm 25 Meters to North-East of House

WRENN ID
forbidden-lime-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote at Broadfield Hall Farm 25 Meters to North-East of House, Cottered
OS grid reference
TL 324 310
Coordinates
51.96224, -0.07362
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a dovecote located 25 meters to the northeast of Broadfield Hall Farm, dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features clasping corner buttresses. The roof is a two-stage steep pyramidal design covered with old red tiles and topped with a wind vane. There is a boarded door situated in the middle of the south side. Historical records from the early 18th century mention a brick dove house at this farm.

Local climate

Dovecote at Broadfield Hall Farm 25 Meters to North-East 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% 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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