Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Dovecote.

Dovecote

WRENN ID
tangled-attic-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1978
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote, Tendring Hall Park, Stoke-By-Nayland
OS grid reference
TL 993 356
Coordinates
51.98318, 0.90211
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote at Tendring Hall Park, located in Stoke-by-Nayland, is an 18th-century structure made of red brick and features an octagonal shape. It has a tiled roof topped with an open cupola. At the time of the survey, the roof was noted to be in a dilapidated condition.

Local climate

Dovecote sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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