Dovecot 30 Yards West of Sydmonton Court is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1984. Dovecot.

Dovecot 30 Yards West of Sydmonton Court

WRENN ID
scarred-lantern-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Basingstoke and Deane
Constituency
North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1984
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
SU 484 579
Coordinates
51.31895, -1.30608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecot, located 30 yards west of Sydmonton Court, dates from the 17th and 19th centuries. It is a large square structure topped with a pyramid tile roof and features a four-sided turret. The walls are made of stone rubble, with repairs in brickwork on the west side. Inside, the square space is lined with pigeon holes created from brickwork. The wooden turret has plain arched openings and is also covered with a pyramid tiled roof. On the south side, there is a later brick and tile outshot that includes a central entrance leading into the interior.

Local climate

Dovecot 30 Yards West of Sydmonton Court receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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