Dovecote in Motcombe Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Eastbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1971. Agricultural. 1 related planning application.
Dovecote in Motcombe Gardens
- WRENN ID
- pitched-footing-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Eastbourne
- Constituency
- Eastbourne MP: Josh Babarinde (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1971
- Type
- Agricultural
- Address
- Dovecote in Motcombe Gardens, Motcombe Lane
- OS grid reference
- TV 597 996
- Coordinates
- 50.77407, 0.26409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote in Motcombe Gardens is a round tower structure built of knapped flint, dating from the 18th century. It features a red conical tile roof and has a buttress, along with three steps leading up to a plain wooden door that opens into a barn.
Local climate
Dovecote in Motcombe Gardens receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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