Columbarium Tower at Alm'Ner's (Priory) is a Grade II listed building in the Runnymede local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1972. Dovecote.

Columbarium Tower at Alm'Ner's (Priory)

WRENN ID
small-lantern-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Runnymede
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 June 1972
Type
Dovecote
Address
Columbarium Tower at Alm'Ner's (Priory), Almners Road
OS grid reference
TQ 022 666
Coordinates
51.38981, -0.53157
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The columbarium tower at Alm'ner's (Priory) is a tall, square dovecote made of red brick, likely dating from the 17th or 18th century. It features wood louvred openings at the eaves of its pyramidal roof, which is topped by an open cupola supported by four Doric corner columns and a vane. This building is part of a group of listed structures along Almners Road.

Local climate

Columbarium Tower at Alm'Ner's (Priory) 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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