Dovecote to Rougham Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Dovecote.
Dovecote to Rougham Hall
- WRENN ID
- solitary-landing-dale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1951
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- TF 829 206
- Coordinates
- 52.75211, 0.70986
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Rougham Hall dates from around 1690 and was designed by Hon. Roger North. It is constructed of coursed flint with brick angle pilasters and features thatched roofs. The exterior is octagonal, while the interior is circular. There is one doorway and a two-light mullion window. The dovecote has a conical roof topped with a ball finial. Inside, it contains approximately 936 brick nesting boxes. The structure is fully described in North's treatise 'Of Building', which is held in the British Museum.
Local climate
Dovecote to Rougham Hall receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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