Dovecote at Earlham Hall (Tg 191 082) is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Dovecote.

Dovecote at Earlham Hall (Tg 191 082)

WRENN ID
brooding-outpost-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Norwich
Constituency
Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1972
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
TG 190 082
Coordinates
52.6275, 1.23524
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at Earlham Hall is an 18th-century structure built of red brick with a shingled roof and a square plan. It features a later door in the west wall, which is set under an original round-headed arch. On the east and north sides, there are louvred ventilators. The building has a brick cornice and a hipped roof topped with a wooden glover. Inside, there are nesting boxes.

Local climate

Dovecote at Earlham Hall (Tg 191 082) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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