The Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Dovecote.
The Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- vacant-pavement-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- The Dovecote, Grove Road, Staple
- OS grid reference
- TR 267 572
- Coordinates
- 51.26897, 1.24941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dovecote is a dovecote that has been converted into a house. It was built in the mid-18th century for Sir William Lynch and underwent alterations in the late 20th century. The structure is made of plum brick with red brick dressings and features a plain tiled roof. It has an octagonal plan and consists of two storeys and an attic, topped with an octagonal roof that includes a skylight and a central stack. The building has irregularly placed glazing bar sash windows and a boarded door on the south side. In the late 20th century, a one-storey octagonal entrance porch and room were added, constructed in red brick, featuring top lights, metal-framed windows, and a boarded door. The Dovecote is included for group value as part of the stable and garden complex associated with the now-demolished mansion of Graves.
Local climate
The Dovecote sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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