Dovecote to Holme Hale Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Dovecote.
Dovecote to Holme Hale Hall
- WRENN ID
- slow-hearth-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- TF 900 080
- Coordinates
- 52.63664, 0.80708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Holme Hale Hall is a derelict structure from the early 19th century. It is built of brick and has a circular plan, although the roof covering is not discernible. The building is almost completely covered in ivy and consists of two storeys. There is a doorway on the ground floor and a pair of opposed openings on the upper floor. The dovecote features a conical roof and contains nesting boxes made of timber.
Local climate
Dovecote to Holme Hale Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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