Dovecote to South West of Remains of Melton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1983. A Georgian Dovecote. 2 related planning applications.
Dovecote to South West of Remains of Melton Hall
- WRENN ID
- broken-marble-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1983
- Type
- Dovecote
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Dovecote to South West of Remains of Melton Hall, Hall Road, Great Melton, NR9 3BJ
- OS grid reference
- TG 135 062
- Coordinates
- 52.61225, 1.15286
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th century brick dovecote is located to the southwest of the remains of Melton Hall. It has an octagonal shape and features a conical roof covered with plain tiles, topped with an open pyramidal section. The dovecote has two opposing doors, one of which is blocked, and above these doors are diagonally slatted windows. Inside, there are brick nesting boxes for the pigeons.
Local climate
Dovecote to South West of Remains of Melton Hall 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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