Dovecote at Four Bridges Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1988. Dovecote. 4 related planning applications.
Dovecote at Four Bridges Farm
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-dormer-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1988
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Four Bridges Farm, the Street, Letheringham, IP13 7RF
- OS grid reference
- TM 281 584
- Coordinates
- 52.17688, 1.33534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building known as the dovecote at Four Bridges Farm is a garage that was originally constructed as a dovecote in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is made of red Flemish bond brick and features a plain tile roof. The dovecote has an octagonal plan and includes one inserted floor.
On the southeast face, there is a projecting plinth that is consistent across the entire building. This face also has modern spur walls on either side of the garage doors. Above these walls, there is a circular loft entry hole with a modern iron grating. The roof is hipped and topped with a central modern weather vane. The northwest face has a similar circular loft entry.
Inside, the dovecote contains numerous square nesting holes along all the wall faces. Four Bridges Farmhouse, located nearby, is not listed.
Local climate
Dovecote at Four Bridges Farm sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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