Dovecot 15 Yards North of Temple Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Dovecot.

Dovecot 15 Yards North of Temple Cottage

WRENN ID
shifting-oriel-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1984
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
TR 064 509
Coordinates
51.22019, 0.95512
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This 18th-century dovecot is located 15 yards north of Temple Cottage on the west side of Canterbury Road in Godmersham. It is timber framed and covered in red brick and tile hanging, topped with a plain tile roof. The dovecot has an octagonal shape, featuring a birds' entrance in an octagonal lantern. There is a semi-circular arched opening to the left at the base of the brickwork.

Local climate

Dovecot 15 Yards North of Temple Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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