Dovecote Circa 60 Metres to North West of the Old Hall is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1988. Dovecote.
Dovecote Circa 60 Metres to North West of the Old Hall
- WRENN ID
- swift-window-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1988
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- TF 660 171
- Coordinates
- 52.7268, 0.45704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century dovecote, located approximately 60 meters northwest of the Old Hall in Middleton, is constructed from gault brick with a carstone base. The roof is currently flat and thatched. The dovecote measures 3.44 meters square and features a central doorway on the south side, which has louvres above and a hinged entrance flap. Each of the left and right sides has one blocked opening, while the rear has a blank opening. Inside, there are nine rows of seven holes on each face. This structure is included for its group value with the nearby Old Hall.
Local climate
Dovecote Circa 60 Metres to North West of the Old Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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