Dovecote at Church Farm is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Church Farm
- WRENN ID
- graven-courtyard-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1974
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Church Farm, High Street, Clare
- OS grid reference
- TL 768 454
- Coordinates
- 52.0793, 0.57888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Church Farm is a 17th century timber-framed structure, partially plastered and partially weatherboarded, with some repairs made using corrugated iron. It is built on a brick plinth and features a hipped roof that is steeply pitched, with small ridge gables at both the north and south ends to allow access for the birds. This dovecote is possibly the only surviving example in Clare.
Local climate
Dovecote at Church 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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