Dovecote to Redcastle Farm is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Dovecote.
Dovecote to Redcastle Farm
- WRENN ID
- winding-fireplace-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote to Redcastle Farm, Brand Road, Pakenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 902 693
- Coordinates
- 52.28921, 0.78746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Redcastle Farm dates back to the 16th century. It is constructed from timber framing and plaster, featuring a rectangular shape with a gabled hipped roof covered in plain tiles. The roof and wall framing, along with the internal platform, remain intact, although the nesting boxes have been removed.
Local climate
Dovecote to Redcastle Farm 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 86% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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