Dovecote and Adjoining Wall in the Priory Garden, Approximately 60 Metres South West is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1967. Dovecote.
Dovecote and Adjoining Wall in the Priory Garden, Approximately 60 Metres South West
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-pinnacle-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1967
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SU 707 643
- Coordinates
- 51.37371, -0.9846
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, dating from the late 17th century, is located in The Priory garden, approximately 60 metres south west of the main building. It is constructed of brick and features a pyramidal roof covered with old tiles, topped by a boarded central turret. The dovecote has a square plan, with a small boarded entrance door on the north east side and a small fixed light window on the north west front.
Adjoining the dovecote is a wall from the late 17th century, which has been partly rebuilt in the 18th century. This wall has deep weathered coping in three heights, with the lowest section standing at approximately 2 metres and the highest at about 2.5 metres. The wall extends for approximately 70 metres.
Local climate
Dovecote and Adjoining Wall in the Priory Garden, Approximately 60 Metres South West receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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