Dovecot at Lullingstone Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1952. A Georgian Dovecot.

Dovecot at Lullingstone Castle

WRENN ID
pitched-bailey-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 August 1952
Type
Dovecot
Period
Georgian
Address
Dovecot at Lullingstone Castle, Lullingstone Lane, Eynsford
OS grid reference
TQ 530 645
Coordinates
51.35923, 0.19747
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecot at Lullingstone Castle is an 18th-century octagonal building. It is faced with flints and features red brick quoins at the angles of each side. The roof is made of slate.

Local climate

Dovecot at Lullingstone Castle sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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