Old Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1969. A C18 Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.
Old Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- keen-postern-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1969
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Old Dovecote, 4, Dovecote Close, Brooke, NR15 1JX
- OS grid reference
- TM 294 995
- Coordinates
- 52.54584, 1.38232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century brick dovecote, originally belonging to Brooke Hall, which was demolished around 1950. The dovecote is square in plan and has a brick plinth. A door is located on the north side, with an overlight above it. A single two-light window is situated in the upper part of the west wall. It features a saw-tooth dentil eaves cornice. The roof is now covered with a flat lead sheet, but originally had a pyramidal tile roof.
Local climate
Old Dovecote 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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