Buck of Former Post Mill at Alder Carr Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. Dovecote.
Buck of Former Post Mill at Alder Carr Farm
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-newel-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1955
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Buck of Former Post Mill at Alder Carr Farm, St Marys Road, Creeting St. Mary
- OS grid reference
- TM 091 552
- Coordinates
- 52.15632, 1.05559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The buck of a former post mill at Alder Carr Farm is a disused structure from the early 19th century. Originally built about half a mile to the north, it was relocated to its current site before 1880 and subsequently used as a dovecote. The building is timber framed and weatherboarded. When it served as a dovecote, it featured a hipped roof with gablets, which are no longer present. The interior is plastered and retains the nesting boxes, although the original floors have been removed. It is noteworthy that post mill bucks were sometimes dismantled and repurposed in this way, and this is believed to be the last remaining example in the country. The structure is of considerable interest because it was moved intact, with the original frame still preserved.
Local climate
Buck of Former Post Mill at Alder Carr Farm 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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