Dovecote, Formerley to Ousden Hall is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. A C18 Dovecote.
Dovecote, Formerley to Ousden Hall
- WRENN ID
- carved-pedestal-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- TL 735 597
- Coordinates
- 52.20831, 0.53927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former dovecote of Ousden Hall is a square structure from the 18th century, built of flint with red brick dressings. It features four round window openings that are now blocked. Above the doorway, there is a round stone panel that displays a well-carved heraldic lion, which is likely from an earlier building associated with the Mosley family. The roof is a slate pyramid topped with a wooden cupola, which is also blocked. This dovecote, along with the Church of St Peter and the Stables, forms a notable group related to Ousden Hall.
Local climate
Dovecote, Formerley to Ousden 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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