The Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1967. Dovecot. 1 related planning application.

The Dovecote

WRENN ID
wild-chamber-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Guildford
Constituency
Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1967
Type
Dovecot
Address
The Dovecote, Weston Yard, Albury, GU5 9AF
OS grid reference
TQ 053 478
Coordinates
51.22006, -0.49234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dovecote is a 17th-century dovecote that was restored in 1980. It is constructed of red brick and features a hipped plain tile roof. The structure is octagonal, with each face measuring approximately 6 feet long and standing 20 feet high to the eaves. It has two-light wooden gabled dormers on alternating faces and an open octagonal hip-roofed lantern at the top. There is a door on the north face, which is set in a chamfered brick arched surround.

Local climate

The Dovecote sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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