Dovecote About 40 Metres South South West of Sandon Bury is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 40 Metres South South West of Sandon Bury
- WRENN ID
- grey-finial-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote About 40 Metres South South West of Sandon Bury, SG9 0QY
- OS grid reference
- TL 322 344
- Coordinates
- 51.99264, -0.07538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote, now used as a garage, located about 40 metres south-southwest of Sandon Bury. It dates from the late 17th century and is constructed of red brick with a corrugated roof. The building is square in shape and features a plinth. The side facing away from the road has a door with a blocked upper segmental brick arch and a stepped plat band above it. The opposite side has a plat band that steps up over a blocked vertical oval opening. The shallow pitched gable ends also have plat bands that step up over blocked vertical oval openings. The end of the building away from the house has been altered to include inserted double doors. Inside, there are brick cotes with ledges that remain intact on one side but are broken on three sides.
Local climate
Dovecote About 40 Metres South South West of Sandon Bury 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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