Dovecot in Garden to West of the Riverhead Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. A Probably C18 Dovecot.

Dovecot in Garden to West of the Riverhead Public House

WRENN ID
patient-nave-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1975
Type
Dovecot
Address
Dovecot in Garden to West of the Riverhead Public House, Amherst Hill
OS grid reference
TQ 514 559
Coordinates
51.283, 0.16994
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecot located in the garden to the west of The Riverhead Public House is likely an 18th-century, two-storey square building constructed of galleted random rubble, topped with a pyramidal tiled roof. It features one small leaded dormer and an arched entrance. The structure shows signs of decay.

Local climate

Dovecot in Garden to West of the Riverhead Public House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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