Dovecote in Farmyrad of Abbey Bridge Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Runnymede local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Dovecote.

Dovecote in Farmyrad of Abbey Bridge Farm

WRENN ID
eternal-grate-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Runnymede
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 1986
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote in Farmyrad of Abbey Bridge Farm, Colonel's Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 043 672
Coordinates
51.39451, -0.50111
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote, dating from around 1880, is located in the farmyard of Abbey Bridge Farm. It is constructed from cast iron and wood. The structure features a cast iron fluted composite column with brackets that support a rectangular dovecote topped with a gabled roof. There are four tiers of entrance holes with landing edges, and the roof is tiled. The gable end and sides are adorned with fishscale tiles, and along the top of the dovecote, there is a row of projecting metal flowers. Until 1991, this dovecote was situated off Staines Lane in the garden of William Herring, an iron founder, who likely manufactured it. The dovecote was previously listed at Staines Lane but has since been dismantled, rebuilt, and relocated to Colonel's Lane.

Local climate

Dovecote in Farmyrad of Abbey Bridge Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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